Reduced risk of colon cancer with high intake of vitamin E: the Iowa Women's Health Study - PubMed (original) (raw)

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Reduced risk of colon cancer with high intake of vitamin E: the Iowa Women's Health Study

R M Bostick et al. Cancer Res. 1993.

Abstract

Antioxidant micronutrients, including vitamin E, vitamin C, the carotenoids, and selenium, defend the body against free radicals and reactive oxygen molecules, suggesting a potential for these dietary components in cancer prevention. To investigate whether high intakes of antioxidant micronutrients protect against colon cancer in humans, we analyzed data from a prospective cohort study of 35,215 Iowa women aged 55-69 years and without a history of cancer who completed a dietary questionnaire in 1986. Through 1990, 212 incident cases of colon cancer were documented. Adjusted for age, total vitamin E intake was inversely associated with the risk of colon cancer (P for trend < 0.0001); the relative risk for the highest compared to the lowest quintile was 0.32 [95% confidence interval (95% CI) 0.19, 0.54]. Further adjustment for total energy intake and other risk factors in proportional hazards regression had little effect on these estimates. The association was not uniform across age groups: the multivariate relative risk of colon cancer for the highest compared to the lowest quintile of total vitamin E intake was 0.16 (95% CI 0.04, 0.70) for those 55-59 years old, 0.37 (95% CI 0.12, 1.16) for those 60-64 years old, and 0.93 (95% CI 0.27, 3.25) for those 65-69 years old. Multivariate-adjusted relative risks among women with higher total intakes of vitamins A and C and beta-carotene, and among users of selenium supplements, were not significantly different from 1.0. These prospective data provide evidence that a high intake of vitamin E may decrease the risk of colon cancer, especially in persons under 65 years of age.

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Reduced risk of colon cancer with high intake of vitamin E: the Iowa Women's Health Study - PubMed (original) (raw)