SynthesisAging2020
Meta-analysis of the association between nut consumption and the risks of cancer incidence and cancer-specific mortality.
Synthesis in Aging, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
25 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Sustainable dietary recommendations for the Spanish population.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Pooled it
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- Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Risk of Gastric Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- Dietary Factors and Pancreatic Cancer Risk: An Umbrella Review of Meta-Analyses of Prospective Observational Studies.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2023Pooled it
- Consumption of Nuts and Seeds and Health Outcomes Including Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes and Metabolic Disease, Cancer, and Mortality: An Umbrella Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Pooled it
- Diets, Dietary Patterns, Single Foods and Pancreatic Cancer Risk: An Umbrella Review of Meta-Analyses.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Diet and Risk of Gastric Cancer: An Umbrella Review.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of Hazelnut Consumption on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and Acceptance: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Risk factors for gastric cancer: A comprehensive analysis of observational studies.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Interplay of Walnut Consumption, Changes in Circulating miRNAs and Reduction in LDL-Cholesterol in Elders.Nutrients · 2022Trial
- Dietary risk factors for lung cancer: an umbrella review of systematic review and meta-analysis.Translational cancer research · 2026Review
- Dietary soluble, insoluble, and total fiber intake and their dietary sources in association with breast cancer.BMC public health · 2024Article
- The epidemiologic associations of food availability with national incidence and mortality rates of pediatric central nervous system tumors.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2024Article
- Nuts and seeds - a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023.Food & nutrition research · 2024Article
- Nut consumption and urogenital and genital, gastrointestinal and women-related cancers: Assessment and review.Chronic diseases and translational medicine · 2023Review
- Time Domain NMR Approach in the Chemical and Physical Characterization of Hazelnuts (Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Comparing Lifestyle Modifications and the Magnitude of Their Associated Benefit on Cancer Mortality.Nutrients · 2023Review
- Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Walnut Constituents: Focus on Personalized Cancer Prevention and the Microbiome.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Dried Fruits, Nuts, and Cancer Risk and Survival: A Review of the Evidence and Future Research Directions.Nutrients · 2023Review
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15 authors.
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Abstract
Previous studies have indicated a correlation between nut intake and cancer risk in humans. This meta-analysis aimed to determine the relationship between nut consumption and the risks of cancer incidence and mortality. The PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science databases were searched up to August 2019. Relative risks and 95% confidence intervals were calculated using random-effects and fixed-effects models. We included 38 studies on nut consumption and cancer risk and 9 studies on cancer-specific mortality. Compared with no nut intake, nut intake was associated with a lower cancer risk (Relative Risk=0.90; 95% confidence interval, 0.86-0.94). Inverse associations were observed with colorectal cancer, gastric cancer, pancreatic cancer, and lung cancer in subgroup analyses. Tree nut consumption was found to reduce cancer risk (Relative Risk=0.88; 95% confidence interval, 0.79-0.99). Dose-response curves suggested that protective benefits against cancer increased with increased nut intake (P=0.005, P-nonlinearity=0.0414). An inverse correlation with cancer-specific mortality (Odd Ratio=0.90; 95% confidence interval, 0.88-0.92) was observed. In conclusion, nut consumption is inversely associated with the risks of cancer incidence and mortality; a higher intake is significantly associated with a lower cancer risk.
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