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Association between dietary carrot intake and breast cancer: A meta-analysis.

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  • Daucus carota — decreases breast cancer incidence

    Evidence strength: moderate.Finding
    “The pooled OR (95% CI) of breast cancer for the highest versus lowest categories of carrot intake was 0.79 (0.68, 0.90), indicating that high carrot consumption decreased the risk of breast cancer by 21%.”
    Quoted verbatim from Association between dietary carrot intake and breast cancer: A meta-analysis..
    Study
    meta-analysis
    Dose
    highest versus lowest category of dietary carrot intake
    Population
    Pooled 10 epidemiological studies (2 cohort, 8 case-control; 12 independent outcomes), 13,747 breast cancer cases among 141,187 subjects; highest versus lowest category of dietary carrot intake

    Effect 0.79 odds ratio, 95% CI 0.68 to 0.9

    Association between dietary carrot intake and breast cancer: A meta-analysis.2018PMID:3021294310.1097/MD.0000000000012164Permalink