Papers/PMID:19116326
Vitamin E intake, alpha-tocopherol status, and pancreatic cancer in a cohort of male smokers.
The American journal of clinical nutrition2009The record
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α-tocopherol — decreases pancreatic cancer incidence
Evidence strength: very limited.Finding“Higher alpha-tocopherol concentrations were associated with lower pancreatic cancer risk (highest compared with lowest quintile, HR: 0.52; 95% CI: 0.34, 0.80; P for trend = 0.03; continuous HR: 0.91; 95% CI: 0.84, 0.99).”
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- Male Finnish smokers aged 50-69 years in the ATBC Study; prediagnostic serum alpha-tocopherol concentration, highest versus lowest quintile, follow-up 1985 to 2004
Effect 0.52 hazard ratio, 95% CI 0.34 to 0.8
Vitamin E intake, alpha-tocopherol status, and pancreatic cancer in a cohort of male smokers.2009PMID:1911632610.3945/ajcn.2008.26423Permalink