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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Food Environments and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Incidence.

Mimi Ton, Michael J Widener, Peter James, Trang VoPham

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 43% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. County-Level Food Insecurity and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Risk: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mimi TonDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health, 3980 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8705-7103
Michael J WidenerDepartment of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto, 100 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3G3, Canada.
Peter JamesDepartment of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, 401 Park Drive, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Trang VoPhamDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health, 3980 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4787-1201
University of Washington · USHarvard University · USUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

Built Environment Assessment through Computer visiON (BEACON): Applying Deep Learning to Street-Level and Satellite Images to Estimate Built Environment Effects on Cardiovascular HealthR01HL150119 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI JAMES, PETER · 2020 to 2024
$3.9M
Contributing Factors and Consequences of Cancer Health DisparitiesT32CA094880 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Christopher I Li, AMANDA IRENE PHIPPS · 2017 to 2026
$3.7M
Air pollution and health disparities in liver disease and cancerK01DK125612 · NIDDK · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI VOPHAM, TRANG · 2020 to 2024
$746k
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA094880NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL150119NIDDK NIH HHS K01 DK125612NIEHS NIH HHS L30 ES027668
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Research into the potential impact of the food environment on liver cancer incidence has been limited, though there is evidence showing that specific foods and nutrients may be potential risk or preventive factors. Data on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cases were obtained from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) cancer registries. The county-level food environment was assessed using the Modified Retail Food Environment Index (mRFEI), a continuous score that measures the number of healthy and less healthy food retailers within counties. Poisson regression with robust variance estimation was used to calculate incidence rate ratios (IRRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the association between mRFEI scores and HCC risk, adjusting for individual- and county-level factors. The county-level food environment was not associated with HCC risk after adjustment for individual-level age at diagnosis, sex, race/ethnicity, year, and SEER registry and county-level measures for health conditions, lifestyle factors, and socioeconomic status (adjusted IRR: 0.99, 95% CI: 0.96, 1.01). The county-level food environment, measured using mRFEI scores, was not associated with HCC risk.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, HepatocellularLiver NeoplasmsEthnicityHumansIncidenceSEER Programepidemiologyfood environmentsliver cancer

Identifiers

PMID34071856
PMCPMC8198353
OpenAlexW3165265140

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