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Food intake of folate, folic acid and other B vitamins with lung cancer risk in a low-income population in the Southeastern United States.

European journal of nutrition2020The record

1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint · 1 null

What it reported

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Every finding here is a null result.

What did not

1 finding

  • folic acid — no detected effect on lung cancer incidence

    Evidence strength: moderate.FindingNull result
    “When we further investigated natural dietary folate (“food folate”) and synthetic folic acid (“food folic acid”) intakes from foods separately (Table 4), neither of them were associated with lung cancer risk (food folate: HR=1.00, 95% CI=0.84–1.19, P-trend=0.79; food folic acid: HR=1.09, 95% CI=0.91–1.30, P-trend=0.44).”
    Quoted verbatim from Food intake of folate, folic acid and other B vitamins with lung cancer risk in a low-income population in the Southeastern United States..
    Study
    cohort
    Dose
    dietary food folic acid intake per 1,000 kcal, highest vs lowest quartile (FFQ)
    Population
    Black and white adults aged 40-79 in the Southern Community Cohort Study, southeastern US; dietary intake of synthetic folic acid from foods (fortification), highest vs lowest quartile, fully-adjusted model

    Effect 1.09 hazard ratio, 95% CI 0.91 to 1.3

    Food intake of folate, folic acid and other B vitamins with lung cancer risk in a low-income population in the Southeastern United States.2020PMID:3083843510.1007/s00394-019-01934-5Permalink