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SynthesisPloS one2019

Meta-analysis of fish consumption and risk of pancreatic cancer in 13 prospective studies with 1.8 million participants.

Wei Jiang, Min Wang, Hai-Zhong Jiang, Guo-Chong Chen, Yong-Fei Hua

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Diets, Dietary Patterns, Single Foods and Pancreatic Cancer Risk: An Umbrella Review of Meta-Analyses.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Wei JiangDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Ningbo Medical Center Lihuili Eastern Hospital, Ningbo, China.
Min WangDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Ningbo Medical Center Lihuili Eastern Hospital, Ningbo, China.
Hai-Zhong JiangDepartment of Gastroenterology, Ningbo First Hospital, Ningbo, China.
Guo-Chong ChenDepartment of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America.
Yong-Fei HuaDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Ningbo Medical Center Lihuili Eastern Hospital, Ningbo, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4132-0073

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A previous meta-analysis suggested no association between fish consumption and risk of pancreatic cancer. As several prospective studies with a large number of pancreatic cancer cases have emerged after that meta-analysis, we updated the evidence and examined the relationship in greater depth. We performed a literature search on PubMed and EMBASE databases through March 30, 2019 to identify potentially eligible studies. We used a random-effects model to compute summary relative risk (RR) with corresponding 95% confidence interval (CI). A total of 13 prospective studies comprising 4994 pancreatic cancer cases and 1,794,601 participants were included in the final analyses. Results of the meta-analysis showed that fish consumption was not significantly associated with risk of pancreatic cancer (RR 50-g/day = 1.03, 95% CI: 0.95-1.12), which was confirmed when stratifying the analysis by various methodological and population characteristics. There was a suggestion of difference by adjustment for family history of pancreatic cancer (Pdifference = 0.05), with fish consumption being associated with higher risk of pancreatic cancer in studies without adjustment for participants' family history (RR50-g/day = 1.09, 95% CI: 1.02-1.18), and a non-significant inverse association among studies with the adjustment (RR50-g/day = 0.93, 95% CI: 0.82-1.05). Results of this updated meta-analysis suggest that fish consumption is unlikely to be substantially associated with risk of pancreatic cancer.

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