ArticleOncoTargets and therapy2015
Dietary fiber, whole grains, carbohydrate, glycemic index, and glycemic load in relation to risk of prostate cancer.
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- Dietary Carbohydrate and Diverse Health Outcomes: Umbrella Review of 30 Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of 281 Observational Studies.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Pooled it
- Whole Grains, Refined Grains, and Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review of Meta-Analyses of Observational Studies.Nutrients · 2020Pooled it
- Carbohydrates, Glycemic Index, and Glycemic Load in Relation to Bladder Cancer Risk.Frontiers in oncology · 2020Pooled it
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- A Western Dietary Pattern Increases Prostate Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2016Pooled it
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- Prediagnostic Plasma Nutrimetabolomics and Prostate Cancer Risk: A Nested Case-Control Analysis Within the EPIC Study.Cancers · 2024Article
- Causal roles of dietary structure and types on prostate cancer risk: A mendelian randomization study.BMC cancer · 2024Article
- The effects of glycemic index on prostate cancer progression in a xenograft mouse model.Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases · 2024Article
- Higher insoluble fiber intake is associated with a lower risk of prostate cancer: results from the PLCO cohort.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Carbohydrate Nutrition and the Risk of Cancer.Current nutrition reports · 2019Review
- Pre-diagnostic carbohydrate intake and treatment failure after radical prostatectomy for early-stage prostate cancer.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2019Article
- Prostate Cancer Incidence is Correlated to Total Meat Intake– a Cross-National Ecologic Analysis of 172 CountriesAsian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2018Article
- The Benefits of Dietary Fiber Intake on Reducing the Risk of Cancer: An Umbrella Review of Meta-analyses.Journal of chiropractic medicine · 2018Review
- Dietary glycemic index, glycemic load, and cancer risk: results from the EPIC-Italy study.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Healthy Plant Foods Intake Could Protect Against Prostate Cancer Risk: A Case-Control StudyAsian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2017Article
- Health Benefits of Dietary Whole Grains: An Umbrella Review of Meta-analyses.Journal of chiropractic medicine · 2017Review
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundThe relationships between dietary fiber, whole grains, carbohydrate, glycemic index (GI), glycemic load (GL), and prostate cancer risk are unclear. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate these associations.
methodsRelevant studies were identified by a search of PubMed database and EMBASE database up to April 2015. A random effects model was used to calculate the summary relative risks (RRs) and their corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
resultsTwenty-seven epidemiological studies (18 case-control studies and nine cohort studies) were included in the final analysis. The pooled RRs of prostate cancer were 0.94 (95% CI 0.85-1.05, P=0.285), 1.13 (95% CI 0.98-1.30, P=0.095), 0.96 (95% CI 0.81-1.14, P=0.672), 1.06 (95% CI 0.96-1.18, P=0.254), and 1.04 (95% CI 0.91-1.18, P=0.590) for dietary fiber, whole grains, carbohydrate, GI, and GL, respectively. There was no evidence of significant publication bias based on the Begg's test and Egger's test.
conclusionThe findings of this meta-analysis indicate that, based on available information, dietary fiber, whole grains, carbohydrate, GI, and GL are not associated with the risk of prostate cancer.
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