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A Healthy Dietary Pattern Reduces Lung Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.
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- A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies on coffee consumption and risk of lung cancer.Scientific reports · 2024Pooled it
- Adherence to Data-Driven Dietary Patterns and Lung Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- Dietary Patterns and Risk of Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses of Observational Studies.Current nutrition reports · 2023Pooled it
- Fruit and Vegetable Dietary Patterns and Mental Health in Women: A Systematic Review.Nutrition reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Mediterranean Diet Patterns in Relation to Lung Cancer Risk: A Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- Drugs for preventing lung cancer in healthy people.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Dietary Patterns and Metabolic Syndrome in Adult Subjects: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2019Pooled it
- Dietary Patterns in Relation to Low Bone Mineral Density and Fracture Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2019Pooled it
- A Western Dietary Pattern Increases Prostate Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2016Pooled it
- Influences of Orally Taken Carotenoid-Rich Curly Kale Extract on Collagen I/Elastin Index of the Skin.Nutrients · 2017Trial
- Nutrition as Modulator of Oxidative Stress in Cancer Prevention and Treatment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Global burden of TBL cancer in older adults: the role of dietary factors (1990-2021).BMC public health · 2025Article
- Association of dietary intake with cancer of the digestive system: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
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- Association of Urinary N7-(1-hydroxyl-3-buten-1-yl) Guanine (EB-GII) Adducts and Butadiene-Mercapturic Acids with Lung Cancer Development in Cigarette Smokers.Chemical research in toxicology · 2024Article
- Associations of dietary factors with gastric cancer risk: insights from NHANES 2003-2016 and mendelian randomization analyses.Frontiers in genetics · 2024Article
- Associations of dietary patterns with kidney cancer risk, kidney cancer-specific mortality and all-cause mortality among postmenopausal women.British journal of cancer · 2023Article
- Diet quality and lung cancer incidence in a low-income population in the United States.British journal of cancer · 2023Article
- Associations of Dietary Intakes with Gynecological Cancers: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundDiet and nutrients play an important role in cancer development and progress; a healthy dietary pattern has been found to be associated with several types of cancer. However, the association between a healthy eating pattern and lung cancer risk is still unclear.
objectiveTherefore, we conducted a systematic review with meta-analysis to evaluate whether a healthy eating pattern might reduce lung cancer risk.
methodsWe identified relevant studies from the PubMed and Embase databases up to October 2015, and the relative risks were extracted and combined by the fixed-effects model when no substantial heterogeneity was observed; otherwise, the random-effects model was employed. Subgroup and publication bias analyses were also performed.
resultsFinally, eight observational studies were included in the meta-analysis. The pooled relative risk of lung cancer for the highest vs. lowest category of healthy dietary pattern was 0.81 (95% confidence interval, CI: 0.75-0.86), and no significant heterogeneity was detected. The relative risks (RRs) for non-smokers, former smokers and current smokers were 0.89 (95% CI: 0.63-1.27), 0.74 (95% CI: 0.62-0.89) and 0.86 (95% CI: 0.79-0.93), respectively. The results remained stable in subgroup analyses by other confounders and sensitivity analysis.
conclusionsThe results of our meta-analysis suggest that a healthy dietary pattern is associated with a lower lung cancer risk, and they provide more beneficial evidence for changing the diet pattern in the general population.
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