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Vegetarian diet as a risk factor for symptomatic gallstone disease
Previous small studies have shown either no difference or a lower risk of symptomatic gallstone disease in vegetarians than in non-vegetarians. This study examined the incidence of symptomatic gallstone diseas...
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Open AccessErratum: Prostate cancer risk related to foods, food groups, macronutrients and micronutrients derived from the UK Dietary Cohort Consortium food diaries
Correction to: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2017) 71, 274–283; doi:10.1038/ejcn.2016.162; published online 28 September 2016 Updated online 15 February 2017: This article was originally published un...
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Open AccessProstate cancer risk related to foods, food groups, macronutrients and micronutrients derived from the UK Dietary Cohort Consortium food diaries
The influence of dietary factors remains controversial for screen-detected prostate cancer and inconclusive for clinically detected disease. We aimed to examine these associations using prospectively collected...
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Open AccessPlasma concentrations and intakes of amino acids in male meat-eaters, fish-eaters, vegetarians and vegans: a cross-sectional analysis in the EPIC-Oxford cohort
We aimed to investigate the differences in plasma concentrations and in intakes of amino acids between male meat-eaters, fish-eaters, vegetarians and vegans in the Oxford arm of the European Prospective Invest...
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Erratum: Serum concentrations of cholesterol, apolipoprotein A-I and apolipoprotein B in a total of 1694 meat-eaters, fish-eaters, vegetarians and vegans
Correction to: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2014) 68, 178–183; doi:10.1038/ejcn.2013.248 Since the publication of this article, the authors have noticed several errors in the text. The title of Tabl...
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Consumption of fatty foods and incident type 2 diabetes in populations from eight European countries
Diets high in saturated and trans fat and low in unsaturated fat may increase type 2 diabetes (T2D) risk, but studies on foods high in fat per unit weight are sparse. We assessed whether the intake of vegetable o...
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Open AccessFruit and vegetable consumption in relation to hepatocellular carcinoma in a multi-centre, European cohort study
Vegetable and/or fruit intakes in association with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) risk have been investigated in case–control studies conducted in specific European countries and cohort studies conducted in As...
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Dietary patterns derived with multiple methods from food diaries and breast cancer risk in the UK Dietary Cohort Consortium
In spite of several studies relating dietary patterns to breast cancer risk, evidence so far remains inconsistent. This study aimed to investigate associations of dietary patterns derived with three different ...
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Open AccessOrganic food consumption and the incidence of cancer in a large prospective study of women in the United Kingdom
Organically produced foods are less likely than conventionally produced foods to contain pesticide residues.
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Serum concentrations of cholesterol, apolipoprotein A-I and apolipoprotein B in a total of 1694 meat-eaters, fish-eaters, vegetarians and vegans
The objective of this study was to describe serum lipid concentrations, including apolipoproteins A-I and B, in different diet groups.
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Dietary vitamin D intake and risk of type 2 diabetes in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition: the EPIC-InterAct study
Prospective cohort studies have indicated that serum vitamin D levels are inversely related to risk of type 2 diabetes. However, such studies cannot determine the source of vitamin D. Therefore, we examined th...
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Physical activity, sex steroid, and growth factor concentrations in pre- and post-menopausal women: a cross-sectional study within the EPIC cohort
Increased physical activity (PA) is associated with a reduced risk of several cancers. PA may reduce cancer risk by changing endogenous hormones levels, but relatively little research has focused on this topic...
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Open AccessSmoking and the risk of prostate cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition
Smoking is not associated with prostate cancer incidence in most studies, but associations between smoking and fatal prostate cancer have been reported.
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Fruit and vegetable intake and type 2 diabetes: EPIC-InterAct prospective study and meta-analysis
Fruit and vegetable intake (FVI) may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D), but the epidemiological evidence is inconclusive. The aim of this study is to examine the prospective association of FVI with T2D ...
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Dietary fibre intake and ischaemic heart disease mortality: the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Heart study
Evidence from prospective studies is consistent in showing an inverse association between dietary fibre intake and risk of ischaemic heart disease (IHD), but whether dietary fibre from various food sources dif...
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Vitamin C intake from diary recordings and risk of breast cancer in the UK Dietary Cohort Consortium
Vitamin C intake has been inversely associated with breast cancer risk in case–control studies, but not in meta-analyses of cohort studies using Food Frequency Questionnaires, which can over-report fruit and v...
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Open AccessOral contraceptive use and reproductive factors and risk of ovarian cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition
It is well established that parity and use of oral contraceptives reduce the risk of ovarian cancer, but the associations with other reproductive variables are less clear.
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Open AccessFruit and vegetables and cancer risk
The possibility that fruit and vegetables may help to reduce the risk of cancer has been studied for over 30 years, but no protective effects have been firmly established. For cancers of the upper gastrointest...
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Open AccessOral contraceptives, reproductive history and risk of colorectal cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition
Oral contraceptive use and reproductive factors may initiate long-term changes to the hormonal milieu and thereby, possibly influence colorectal cancer risk.
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Serum concentrations of vitamin B12 and folate in British male omnivores, vegetarians and vegans: results from a cross-sectional analysis of the EPIC-Oxford cohort study
Vegans, and to a lesser extent vegetarians, have low average circulating concentrations of vitamin B12; however, the relation between factors such as age or time on these diets and vitamin B12 concentrations i...
