SynthesisBritish journal of cancer2010
Alcohol intake and endometrial cancer risk: a meta-analysis of prospective studies.
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- Alcohol and Health Outcomes: An Umbrella Review of Meta-Analyses Base on Prospective Cohort Studies.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- Association between alcohol consumption and the risk of ovarian cancer: a meta-analysis of prospective observational studies.BMC public health · 2015Pooled it
- Mesenchymal Stem Cells Restore Endometrial Integrity and Sustain Pregnancy via CCR7-ERK/JNK Signaling Modulation.Stem cells international · 2026Article
- A risk prediction model for endometrial hyperplasia/endometrial carcinoma in premenopausal women.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Light to Moderate Alcohol Consumption and Cancer Incidence: The Norwegian Women and Health Cohort Study.Clinical epidemiology · 2025Article
- Unraveling the causal association between lifestyle and metabolic factors with endometrial cancer: evidence from a Mendelian randomization study.Discover oncology · 2024Article
- The causal effects of genetically predicted alcohol consumption on endometrial cancer risk from a Mendelian randomization study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The dose-response relationship of pre-menopausal alcohol consumption with age at menopause: a population study of 280 497 women in Norway.International journal of epidemiology · 2023Article
- Risk assessment for endometrial cancer in women with abnormal vaginal bleeding: Results from the prospective IETA-1 cohort study.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2022Observational
- A Narrative Review of the Role of Diet and Lifestyle Factors in the Development and Prevention of Endometrial Cancer.Cancers · 2021Review
- Long-term alcohol intake and risk of endometrial cancer in the Nurses' Health Study, 1980-2010.British journal of cancer · 2014Article
- Case-control study of lifetime alcohol consumption and endometrial cancer risk.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2013Article
- One-carbon metabolism factors and endometrial cancer risk.British journal of cancer · 2013Article
- Alcohol and endometrial cancer risk in the NIH-AARP diet and health study.International journal of cancer · 2011Article
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Abstract
backgroundStudies on alcohol intake in relation to endometrial cancer risk have produced inconsistent results.
methodsFor a meta-analysis, we identified cohort studies of alcohol and endometrial cancer by a literature search of Pub-Med and Embase up to 1 March 2010 and by searching the reference lists of relevant articles.
resultsSeven cohort studies, including 1,511,661 participants and 6086 endometrial cancer cases, were included in the dose-response random-effect meta-regression model. Compared with non-drinkers, women drinking less than 1 drink of alcohol (13 g of ethanol) per day had a lower risk for endometrial cancer; this risk was lower by 4% (95% confidence interval (95% CI): 0.93-1.00) for consumption up to 0.5 drink per day and by 7% (95% CI: 0.85-1.02) for consumption up to 1 drink. However, we found evidence of an increased risk for endometrial cancer for intakes higher than two alcoholic drinks per day: compared with non-drinkers, the risk was higher by 14% (95% CI: 0.95-1.36) for 2-2.5 drinks per day and by 25% (95% CI: 0.98-1.58) for >2.5 drinks per day.
conclusionOur meta-analysis indicates a possible J-shaped relationship between alcohol intake and endometrial cancer risk.
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