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Meat consumption and risk of lung cancer: evidence from observational studies.
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- Processed meat intake and chronic disease morbidity and mortality: An overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.PloS one · 2019Pooled it
- A summary of meat intakes and health burdens.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2018Pooled it
- A Healthy Dietary Pattern Reduces Lung Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2016Pooled it
- Meat consumption is associated with esophageal cancer risk in a meat- and cancer-histological-type dependent manner.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2014Pooled it
- Meat consumption and risk of oral cavity and oropharynx cancer: a meta-analysis of observational studies.PloS one · 2014Pooled it
- Adiponectin (ADIPOQ) rs2241766 G/T polymorphism is associated with risk of cancer: evidence from a meta-analysis.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2013Pooled it
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- Mediterranean diet adherence, healthy sleep, and lung cancer risk: a prospective study of 192,034 UK Biobank participants.European journal of nutrition · 2026Article
- Association of Sulfur Microbial Diet and the Risk of Lung Cancer in Women.International journal of women's health · 2026Article
- Association between the dietary inflammatory index and risk of lung cancer: a multi-centered case-control study.BMC cancer · 2024Article
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- MicroRNAs and the Mediterranean diet: a nutri-omics perspective for lung cancer.Journal of translational medicine · 2024Review
- Modification Role of Dietary Antioxidants in the Association of High Red Meat Intake and Lung Cancer Risk: Evidence from a Cancer Screening Trial.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- CD36: The Bridge between Lipids and Tumors.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Serum iron status and the risk of lung cancer: a two-sample Mendelian-randomization study.Journal of thoracic disease · 2023Article
- New insights into the biology and development of lung cancer in never smokers-implications for early detection and treatment.Journal of translational medicine · 2023Review
- Curcumin Analog, HO-3867, Induces Both Apoptosis and Ferroptosis via Multiple Mechanisms in NSCLC Cells with Wild-Type p53.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2023Article
- Poultry Consumption and Human Health: How Much Is Really Known? A Systematically Searched Scoping Review and Research Perspective.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Article
- Risk Factors for Lung Cancer in the Province of Lecce: Results from the PROTOS Case-Control Study in Salento (Southern Italy).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundA number of epidemiological studies have reported inconsistent findings on the association between meat consumption and lung cancer.
designWe therefore conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the relationship between meat consumption and lung cancer risk in epidemiological studies.
resultsTwenty-three case-control and 11 cohort studies were included. All studies adjusted for smoking or conducted in never smokers. The summary relative risks (RRs) of lung cancer for the highest versus lowest intake categories were 1.35 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.08-1.69) for total meat, 1.34 (95% CI 1.18-1.52) for red meat, and 1.06 (95% CI 0.90-1.25) for processed meat. An inverse association was found between poultry intake and lung cancer (RR = 0.91, 95% CI 0.85-0.97), but not for total white meat (RR = 1.06, 95% CI 0.82-1.37) or fish (RR = 1.01, 95% CI 0.96-1.07).
conclusionsThe relationship between meat intake and lung cancer risk appears to depend on the types of meat consumed. A high intake of red meat may increase the risk of lung cancer by about 35%, while a high intake of poultry decreases the risk by about 10%. More well-designed cohort studies on meat mutagens or heme iron, meat cooking preferences, and doneness level are needed to fully characterize this meat-lung cancer association.
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