TY - JOUR
T1 - Dietary B vitamin and methionine intakes and lung cancer risk among female never smokers in China
AU - Takata, Yumie
AU - Cai, Qiuyin
AU - Beeghly-Fadiel, Alicia
AU - Li, Honglan
AU - Shrubsole, Martha J.
AU - Ji, Bu Tian
AU - Yang, Gong
AU - Chow, Wong Ho
AU - Gao, Yu Tang
AU - Zheng, Wei
AU - Shu, Xiao Ou
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments The authors thank the research staff of the Shanghai Women’s Health Study for their contributions, Dr. Hui Cai for consultations and data management, and Bethanie Rammer and Jacqueline Stern for assistance with manuscript preparation. This study was funded by the National Cancer Institute (grant number: R37CA070867, PI: W. Zheng).
PY - 2012/12
Y1 - 2012/12
N2 - Purpose: B vitamins and methionine have been postulated to have potential effects on carcinogenesis; however, findings from previous epidemiologic studies on B vitamins, methionine, and lung cancer risk are inconsistent. We investigated associations of dietary intakes of B vitamins (i.e., riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, folate, and vitamin B12) and methionine with lung cancer risk among female never smokers. Methods: The Shanghai Women's Health Study, a population-based, prospective cohort study, included 74,941 women. During a median follow-up of 11.2 years, 428 incident lung cancer cases accrued among 71,267 women with no history of smoking or cancer at baseline. Baseline dietary intakes were derived from a validated, interviewer-administered food frequency questionnaire. Cancer incidence and vital status were ascertained through annual linkage to the Shanghai Cancer Registry and Shanghai Vital Statistics Registry databases and through biennial in-person follow-ups with participants. Adjusted hazard ratios (HR) and 95 % confidence intervals (CI) were calculated using Cox regression. Results: Dietary riboflavin intake was inversely associated with lung cancer risk (HR = 0.62; 95 % CI = 0.43-0.89; p trend = 0.03 for the highest quartile compared with the lowest). A higher than median intake of methionine was associated with lower risk of lung cancer (HR = 0.78; 95 % CI = 0.60-0.99); however, there was no dose-response relation. Intakes of other B vitamins were not associated with lung cancer risk. Conclusions: Our study suggests that dietary riboflavin intake may be inversely associated with lung cancer risk among female never smokers, which warrants further investigation.
AB - Purpose: B vitamins and methionine have been postulated to have potential effects on carcinogenesis; however, findings from previous epidemiologic studies on B vitamins, methionine, and lung cancer risk are inconsistent. We investigated associations of dietary intakes of B vitamins (i.e., riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, folate, and vitamin B12) and methionine with lung cancer risk among female never smokers. Methods: The Shanghai Women's Health Study, a population-based, prospective cohort study, included 74,941 women. During a median follow-up of 11.2 years, 428 incident lung cancer cases accrued among 71,267 women with no history of smoking or cancer at baseline. Baseline dietary intakes were derived from a validated, interviewer-administered food frequency questionnaire. Cancer incidence and vital status were ascertained through annual linkage to the Shanghai Cancer Registry and Shanghai Vital Statistics Registry databases and through biennial in-person follow-ups with participants. Adjusted hazard ratios (HR) and 95 % confidence intervals (CI) were calculated using Cox regression. Results: Dietary riboflavin intake was inversely associated with lung cancer risk (HR = 0.62; 95 % CI = 0.43-0.89; p trend = 0.03 for the highest quartile compared with the lowest). A higher than median intake of methionine was associated with lower risk of lung cancer (HR = 0.78; 95 % CI = 0.60-0.99); however, there was no dose-response relation. Intakes of other B vitamins were not associated with lung cancer risk. Conclusions: Our study suggests that dietary riboflavin intake may be inversely associated with lung cancer risk among female never smokers, which warrants further investigation.
KW - B vitamins
KW - Lung cancer
KW - Methionine
KW - Never smokers
KW - Women
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U2 - 10.1007/s10552-012-0074-z
DO - 10.1007/s10552-012-0074-z
M3 - Article
C2 - 23065072
AN - SCOPUS:84877842343
SN - 0957-5243
VL - 23
SP - 1965
EP - 1975
JO - Cancer Causes and Control
JF - Cancer Causes and Control
IS - 12
ER -