Dietary Carotenoids and Risk of Lung Cancer in a Pooled Analysis of Seven Cohort Studies
Männistö S, Smith-Warner SA, Spiegelman D, Albanes D, Anderson K, van den Brandt PA, Cerhan JR, Colditz G, Feskanich D, Freudenheim JL, Giovannucci E, Goldbohm RA, Graham S, Miller AB, Rohan TE, Virtamo J, Willett WC, Hunter DJ. Dietary Carotenoids and Risk of Lung Cancer in a Pooled Analysis of Seven Cohort Studies. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2004, 13: 40-48. PMID: 14744731, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-038-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLung cancer riskCancer riskRelative riskCohort studyLung cancerRisk factorsIncident lung cancer casesBeta-cryptoxanthin intakeMultivariate relative riskBeta-carotene intakeStrong risk factorLung cancer casesPotential risk factorsLutein/zeaxanthinRandom-effects modelDietary questionnaireCurrent smokersMultivitamin useHistological typeIntervention trialsPooled analysisEpidemiological evidenceCancer casesCarotenoid intakeFood composition databases