Dietary fibre intake associated with reduced risk of oesophageal cancer in Xinjiang, China

Objective: To ascertain the relationship between dietary fibre intake and risk of oesophageal cancer in remote northwest China, where the cancer incidence is known to be high. Methods: A case–control study was conducted during 2008–2009 in the Urumqi and Shihezi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of...

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Main Authors: Tang, L., Xu, F., Zhang, T., Lei, J., Binns, Colin, Lee, Andy
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Published: Elsevier Ltd 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42534
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author Tang, L.
Xu, F.
Zhang, T.
Lei, J.
Binns, Colin
Lee, Andy
author_facet Tang, L.
Xu, F.
Zhang, T.
Lei, J.
Binns, Colin
Lee, Andy
author_sort Tang, L.
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description Objective: To ascertain the relationship between dietary fibre intake and risk of oesophageal cancer in remote northwest China, where the cancer incidence is known to be high. Methods: A case–control study was conducted during 2008–2009 in the Urumqi and Shihezi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. Participants were 359 incident oesophageal cancer patients and 380 hospital-based controls. Information on habitual foods consumption was obtained by face-to-face interview, from which dietary fibre intakes were estimated using the Chinese food composition tables. Results: The oesophageal cancer patients reported lower intake levels of total dietary fibre and fibre derived from vegetables and fruits than those of controls. Overall, regular intake of fibre was inversely associated with the oesophageal cancer risk, the adjusted odds ratio being 0.47 (95% confidence interval 0.32–0.69) for the highest (>27 g) versus the lowest (<16 g) tertile of daily intake, with a significant dose-response relationship (p = 0.004). Similar reductions in risk were also apparent for high intake levels of vegetable fibre and fruit fibre, but to a lesser extent for cereal fibre. Conclusion: Habitual intake of dietary fibre was associated with a reduced risk of oesophageal cancer for adults in northwest China.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-425342017-09-13T14:26:11Z Dietary fibre intake associated with reduced risk of oesophageal cancer in Xinjiang, China Tang, L. Xu, F. Zhang, T. Lei, J. Binns, Colin Lee, Andy case–control study oesophageal cancer dietary fibre China Objective: To ascertain the relationship between dietary fibre intake and risk of oesophageal cancer in remote northwest China, where the cancer incidence is known to be high. Methods: A case–control study was conducted during 2008–2009 in the Urumqi and Shihezi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. Participants were 359 incident oesophageal cancer patients and 380 hospital-based controls. Information on habitual foods consumption was obtained by face-to-face interview, from which dietary fibre intakes were estimated using the Chinese food composition tables. Results: The oesophageal cancer patients reported lower intake levels of total dietary fibre and fibre derived from vegetables and fruits than those of controls. Overall, regular intake of fibre was inversely associated with the oesophageal cancer risk, the adjusted odds ratio being 0.47 (95% confidence interval 0.32–0.69) for the highest (>27 g) versus the lowest (<16 g) tertile of daily intake, with a significant dose-response relationship (p = 0.004). Similar reductions in risk were also apparent for high intake levels of vegetable fibre and fruit fibre, but to a lesser extent for cereal fibre. Conclusion: Habitual intake of dietary fibre was associated with a reduced risk of oesophageal cancer for adults in northwest China. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42534 10.1016/j.canep.2013.08.012 Elsevier Ltd restricted
spellingShingle case–control study
oesophageal cancer
dietary fibre
China
Tang, L.
Xu, F.
Zhang, T.
Lei, J.
Binns, Colin
Lee, Andy
Dietary fibre intake associated with reduced risk of oesophageal cancer in Xinjiang, China
title Dietary fibre intake associated with reduced risk of oesophageal cancer in Xinjiang, China
title_full Dietary fibre intake associated with reduced risk of oesophageal cancer in Xinjiang, China
title_fullStr Dietary fibre intake associated with reduced risk of oesophageal cancer in Xinjiang, China
title_full_unstemmed Dietary fibre intake associated with reduced risk of oesophageal cancer in Xinjiang, China
title_short Dietary fibre intake associated with reduced risk of oesophageal cancer in Xinjiang, China
title_sort dietary fibre intake associated with reduced risk of oesophageal cancer in xinjiang, china
topic case–control study
oesophageal cancer
dietary fibre
China
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42534