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SynthesisBritish journal of cancer2012

Alcohol intake and renal cell cancer risk: a meta-analysis.

D Y Song, S Song, Y Song, J E Lee

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Synthesis in British journal of cancer, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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33citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 90 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Racial Disparities and Preventive Measures to Renal Cell Carcinoma.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018
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  20. Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Kidney Cancer.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

D Y SongDepartment of Food and Nutrition, Sookmyung Women's University, 52 Hyochangwon-gil, Yongsan-gu, Seoul 140-742, Republic of Korea.
S Song
Y Song
J E Lee
Sookmyung Women's University · KRCatholic University of America · USSeoul National University · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAn inverse association between alcoholic beverage intake and risk of renal cell cancer has been suggested in recent studies.

methodsWe examined the association between alcoholic beverages and renal cell cancer risk in a meta-analysis. We identified relevant studies by searching the database of PubMed, EMBASE, and MEDLINE published through August 2011. We combined the study-specific relative risks (RRs) using a random-effects model.

resultsA total of 20 case-control studies, 3 cohort studies, and 1 pooled analysis of cohort studies were included in the meta-analysis. We observed that alcoholic beverage intake was associated with a lower risk of renal cell cancer in combined analysis of case-control and cohort studies; for total alcoholic beverage intake, combined RRs (95% confidence intervals) comparing top with bottom categories were 0.76 (0.68-0.85) in case-control studies, and 0.71 (0.63-0.78) in cohort studies (P for difference by study design=0.02). The inverse associations were observed for both men and women and for each specific type alcoholic beverage (beer, wine, and liquor). Also, we found that one drink per day of alcoholic beverage conferred the reduction in renal cell cancer risk, but further drinking above that level did not add benefit.

conclusionThe findings from our meta-analysis support the hypothesis that alcoholic beverage intake is inversely associated with a lower risk of renal cell cancer, with moderate consumption conferring the protection and higher consumption conferring no additional benefits.

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Alcohol DrinkingCarcinoma, Renal CellFemaleHumansKidney NeoplasmsMaleRisk Factors

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PMID22516951
PMCPMC3364130
OpenAlexW1981004973

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