ArticleJournal of health, population, and nutrition2024
A healthful plant-based diet can reduce the risk of developing colorectal cancer: case-control study.
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- Healthful and unhealthful plant-based diets and site-specific cancer risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.European journal of nutrition · 2026Pooled it
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- Association of Unhealthy Plant-Based Diet with All-Cause Mortality in Chronic Kidney Disease Without Cardiovascular Diseases: A NHANES-Based Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
- The association between non- and pro-healthy diet indices and the risk of colorectal cancer: a case-control study.BMC gastroenterology · 2024Article
- The association between Planetary Health Diet Index and the risk of colorectal cancer: a case-control study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
introductionThe benefit of adherence to a plant-based diet concerning colorectal cancer (CRC) has not been investigated among Middle Eastern population. This study aimed to investigate how adherence to a plant-based diet influences the risk of CRC in this understudied population.
methodsThis case-control study was conducted in the CRC surgery departments of general hospitals in Tehran, Iran. A total of 71 individuals with newly diagnosed CRC (cases) and 142 controls subjects free of cancer and acute illness were concurrently recruited from the same hospital. Dietary information was collected using a semi-quantitative 168-item food frequency questionnaire. Dietary patterns were characterized using the plant-based diet index (PDI), unhealthy plant-based diet index (uPDI) and healthy plant-based diet index (hPDI). Multivariate logistic regression was employed to assess the association between these dietary patterns and the risk of CRC.
resultsAfter adjusting the potential confounders, the risk of CRC was significantly lower in the highest tertile of hPDI compared to the lowest tertile (odds ratio (OR) = 0.21; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.07-0.56, representing 79% risk reduction). Conversely, the risk of CRC was significantly higher in the highest tertile of uPDI compared to the lowest tertile (OR = 6.76; 95% CI: 2.41-18.94). PDI was no significant associated with the risk of CRC.
conclusionsThis study found that higher scores on the hPDI was significantly associated with a decrease risk of CRC, while greater adherence to the uPDI contributed to a significantly increase risk.
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