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Associations between intake of folate and related micronutrients with molecularly defined colorectal cancer risks in the Iowa Women's Health Study.
L-methionineWhat moved
1 findingHow to read these marks →“For methionine intake, an inverse association was observed with incident CRC overall (RR = 0.72; 95% CI = 0.54–0.96; p trend = 0.03 for comparison of extreme quartiles) that appeared to be driven by a greater reduction in distal than proximal CRC risk.”
- Study
- cohort
- Effect
- 0.72 risk ratio, 95% CI 0.54 to 0.96
- Dose studied
- dietary methionine intake (food and supplements) from a baseline semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire; quartiles, extreme quartiles compared
- Population
- Women aged 55-69 years at baseline in the Iowa Women's Health Study (analytic cohort of 35,216); highest versus lowest quartile of methionine intake
Study record
- Design
- cohort study
- Species
- human
- Population
- Iowa Women's Health Study participants, women aged 55-69 years at baseline, analytic cohort of 35,216 women
- Participants
- 35,216
- Comparator
- observational
- Duration
- not reported
- Endpoints measured
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