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Association between vitamin C intake and lung cancer: a dose-response meta-analysis.
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1 findingHow to read these marks →- Decreases lung cancer incidence
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“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).”
- Study
- meta-analysis
- Effect
- 0.93 risk ratio, 95% CI 0.88 to 0.98
- Dose studied
- per 100 mg/day increment in vitamin C intake
- Population
- Dose-response meta-analysis of 14 studies (6607 lung cancer cases) of dietary vitamin C intake, prospective and case-control studies pooled
Study record
- Design
- meta-analysis
- Species
- human
- Population
- lung cancer cases and participants in prospective and case-control studies of dietary vitamin C intake
- Participants
- 8,938
- Comparator
- another dose / observational
- Duration
- not reported
- Endpoints measured
- 8