TY - JOUR
T1 - Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and nasopharyngeal cancer risk in Italy
AU - Turati, Federica
AU - Bravi, Francesca
AU - Polesel, Jerry
AU - Bosetti, Cristina
AU - Negri, Eva
AU - Garavello, Werner
AU - Taborelli, Martina
AU - Serraino, Diego
AU - Libra, Massimo
AU - Montella, Maurizio
AU - Decarli, Adriano
AU - Ferraroni, Monica
AU - La Vecchia, Carlo
PY - 2017/2/1
Y1 - 2017/2/1
N2 - Purpose: Few studies investigated the role of diet on nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) risk in non-endemic areas. The aim of this study was to assess the association between adherence to the traditional Mediterranean diet and NPC risk in a southern European low-risk population. Methods: We conducted a hospital-based case-control study in Italy, including 198 histologically confirmed NPC cases and 594 matched controls. Dietary habits were collected by means of a validated food-frequency questionnaire, including 83 foods, food groups, or beverages. Adherence to the traditional Mediterranean diet was assessed through a Mediterranean Diet Score (MDS), based on nine dietary components characterizing this dietary profile, i.e., high intake of vegetables, fruits and nuts, cereals, legumes, and fish; low intake of dairy products and meat; high monounsaturated to saturated fatty acid ratio; and moderate alcohol intake. We estimated odds ratios (ORs) of NPC, and the corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs), for increasing MDS (i.e., increasing adherence) using multiple logistic regression models, adjusted for major confounding factors. Results: As compared to MDS ≤ 4, the ORs of NPC were 0.83 (95% CI: 0.54–1.25) for MDS of 5 and 0.66 (95% CI: 0.44–0.99) for MDS ≥ 6, with a significant trend of decreasing risk (p 0.043). The corresponding population attributable fraction was 22%, indicating that 22% of NPC cases in this population would be avoided by shifting all subjects to a score ≥6. Conclusions: Our study supports a favorable role of the Mediterranean diet on NPC risk.
AB - Purpose: Few studies investigated the role of diet on nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) risk in non-endemic areas. The aim of this study was to assess the association between adherence to the traditional Mediterranean diet and NPC risk in a southern European low-risk population. Methods: We conducted a hospital-based case-control study in Italy, including 198 histologically confirmed NPC cases and 594 matched controls. Dietary habits were collected by means of a validated food-frequency questionnaire, including 83 foods, food groups, or beverages. Adherence to the traditional Mediterranean diet was assessed through a Mediterranean Diet Score (MDS), based on nine dietary components characterizing this dietary profile, i.e., high intake of vegetables, fruits and nuts, cereals, legumes, and fish; low intake of dairy products and meat; high monounsaturated to saturated fatty acid ratio; and moderate alcohol intake. We estimated odds ratios (ORs) of NPC, and the corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs), for increasing MDS (i.e., increasing adherence) using multiple logistic regression models, adjusted for major confounding factors. Results: As compared to MDS ≤ 4, the ORs of NPC were 0.83 (95% CI: 0.54–1.25) for MDS of 5 and 0.66 (95% CI: 0.44–0.99) for MDS ≥ 6, with a significant trend of decreasing risk (p 0.043). The corresponding population attributable fraction was 22%, indicating that 22% of NPC cases in this population would be avoided by shifting all subjects to a score ≥6. Conclusions: Our study supports a favorable role of the Mediterranean diet on NPC risk.
KW - Case–control study
KW - Mediterranean diet
KW - Nasopharyngeal cancer
KW - Prevention
KW - Risk factor
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U2 - 10.1007/s10552-017-0850-x
DO - 10.1007/s10552-017-0850-x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85011654133
VL - 28
SP - 89
EP - 95
JO - Cancer Causes and Control
JF - Cancer Causes and Control
SN - 0957-5243
IS - 2
ER -