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L-ascorbic acid decreases lung cancer incidence

lowersModerate evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“Our dose-response analysis of vitamin C indicated that an increase in vitamin C intake of 100 mg/day was statistically significantly associated with a 7% decrease in the risk of developing lung cancer (summary RR = 0.93, 95%CI = 0.88–0.98; Figure 3).”
Quoted verbatim from Association between vitamin C intake and lung cancer: a dose-response meta-analysis.
This finding among the 11 findings on its endpoint

L-ascorbic acid

Lung cancer incidence

lowers

Effect as reported

0.93risk ratio

CI 0.88 to 0.98

Who
Dose-response meta-analysis of 14 studies (6607 lung cancer cases) of dietary vitamin C intake, prospective and case-control studies pooled
Dose studied
per 100 mg/day increment in vitamin C intake

Moderate evidencePMID 25145261 · 2014

02 · The study

Study
meta-analysis
Duration
not reported

Evidence, by strength

  • strong
  • moderatethis finding
  • limited
  • very limited
  • insufficient

03 · The paper

Scientific reports
What else it reported1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6WGSE34SRRT5AMK61EBVA4P