ArticleThe American journal of clinical nutrition2015
Long-chain ω-3 fatty acid intake and endometrial cancer risk in the Women's Health Initiative.
Article in The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00000611 (Women's Health Initiative), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Women's Health Initiative (WHI)
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Genetic evidence reveals phosphatidylcholine as a mediator in the causal relationship between omega-3 and multiple myeloma risk.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
- Dietary omega-3 fatty acids and endometrial cancer risk in the Epidemiology of Endometrial Cancer Consortium: An individual-participant meta-analysis.Gynecologic oncology · 2023Pooled it
- N-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Risk of Cancer: Accumulating Evidence from Prospective Studies.Nutrients · 2020Pooled it
- Dietary Intake of Omega-3 fatty acids and Endocrine-related Gynecological Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.Cancer research and treatment · 2019Pooled it
- Pooled it
- The Modulatory Effects of Fatty Acids on Cancer Progression.Biomedicines · 2023Review
- The gut microbiota and endometriosis: From pathogenesis to diagnosis and treatment.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022Review
- Identification of a Metabolism-Related Signature for the Prediction of Survival in Endometrial Cancer Patients.Frontiers in oncology · 2021Article
- Observational
- Dietary Fat and Cancer-Which Is Good, Which Is Bad, and the Body of Evidence.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Review
- RETRACTION: Dietary Intake of Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Endocrine-Related Gynecological Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.Cancer research and treatment · 2020Article
- Dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, fish consumption, and endometrial cancer risk: a meta-analysis of epidemiological studies.Oncotarget · 2017Article
- Associations of Dietary Long-Chain ω-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Fish Consumption With Endometrial Cancer Risk in the Black Women's Health Study.American journal of epidemiology · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundInflammation may be important in endometrial cancer development. Long-chain ω-3 (n-3) polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCω-3PUFAs) may reduce inflammation and, therefore, reduce cancer risk. Because body mass is associated with both inflammation and endometrial cancer risk, it may modify the association of fat intake on risk.
objectiveWe examined whether intakes of LCω-3PUFAs were associated with endometrial cancer risk overall and stratified by body size and histologic subtype.
designWomen were n = 87,360 participants of the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study and Clinical Trials who were aged 50-79 y, had an intact uterus, and completed a baseline food-frequency questionnaire. After 13 y of follow-up, n = 1253 incident invasive endometrial cancers were identified. Cox regression models were used to estimate HRs and 95% CIs for the association of intakes of individual ω-3 fatty acids and fish with endometrial cancer risk.
resultsIntakes of individual LCω-3PUFAs were associated with 15-23% linear reductions in endometrial cancer risk. In women with body mass index (BMI; in kg/m(2)) <25, those in the upper compared with lowest quintiles of total LCω-3PUFA intake (sum of eicosapentaenoic, docosapentaenoic, and docosahexaenoic acids) had significantly reduced endometrial cancer risk (HR: 0.59; 95% CI: 0.40, 0.82; P-trend = 0.001), whereas there was little evidence of an association in overweight or obese women. The reduction in risk observed in normal-weight women was further specific to type I cancers.
conclusionsLong-chain ω-3 intake was associated with reduced endometrial cancer risk only in normal-weight women. Additional studies that use biomarkers of ω-3 intake are needed to more accurately estimate their effects on endometrial cancer risk. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT00000611.
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