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SynthesisFrontiers in oncology2022

Fermented Dairy Food Intake and Risk of Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Zhi Liang, Xiaobiao Song, Jiang Hu, Riga Wu, Pengda Li, Zhenyu Dong, Lu Liang, Jijun Wang

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Synthesis in Frontiers in oncology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zhi LiangDepartment of General Surgery, Baotou Central Hospital, Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China.
Xiaobiao SongDepartment of General Surgery, Baotou Central Hospital, Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China.
Jiang HuDepartment of General Surgery, Baotou Central Hospital, Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China.
Riga WuBaotou Medical College, Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China.
Pengda LiBaotou Medical College, Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China.
Zhenyu DongBaotou Medical College, Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China.
Lu LiangDepartment of General Surgery, Baotou Central Hospital, Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China.
Jijun WangDepartment of General Surgery, Baotou Central Hospital, Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China.
Baotou Central Hospital · CNBaotou Medical College · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It was highly controversial whether fermented dairy foods protect against colorectal cancer (CRC) because of conflicting results from current human epidemiologic studies; we therefore conducted this meta-analysis based on the case-control and cohort studies to estimate the holistic analyses. Finally, a total of seven case-control studies and ten cohort studies comprising a total of >20,000 cases were incorporated in the quantitative synthesis. Specifically, statistical evidence of significantly decreasing CRC risk in case-control studies was found to be associated with cheese intake (OR = 0.89, 95% CI = 0.82-0.97). In a subgroup analysis, cheese intake was correlated with lower colon cancer (OR = 0.89, 95% CI = 0.79-1.00) and rectal cancer (OR = 0.86, 95% CI = 0.74-1.00) risk in case-control studies. Furthermore, we also found that the higher intake of yogurt may lower the risk of rectal cancer (OR = 0.75, 95% CI = 0.65-0.88) in cohort studies. The consumption of fermented dairy foods may be relevant to decrease CRC risk in this meta-analysis. Systematic Review Registration: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42021269798, CRD42021269798.

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cheesecolorectal cancerfermented dairy foodsmeta-analysisprobioticsyogurt

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PMID35692761
PMCPMC9174999
OpenAlexW4281491355

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