Adherence to Healthy Lifestyle and Liver cancer in Chinese: a prospective cohort study of 0.5 million people.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little prospective evidence exists about whether a combination of healthy lifestyle factors is related to a considerable reduction of liver cancer risk.

Methods

Based on the prospective China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB) cohort with a total of 492,640 Chinese adults, we examined the associations of five lifestyle factors with risk of liver cancer. Low-risk lifestyle factors were defined as non-smoking, non-drinking, median or higher level of physical activity, a healthy diet, and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) < 0.90 for men and <0.85 for women.

Results

During a median of 10.12 years of follow-up, 2529 liver cancer events were observed. There was a significant decrease in liver cancer risk with the increasing of the healthy lifestyle index scores (P < 0.001). Participa

SUBMITTER: Song C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8888610 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature