Determinants of plasma levels of beta-carotene and retinol

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 511-521

  Nierenberg, David W ^a   Stukel, Therese A ^a   Baron, John A ^a   Dain, Bradley J ^a   Greenberg, E Robert ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotene; Carotenoids; Neoplasms; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; ESTROGEN; RETINOL;

CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; HUMAN; MALE; MENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SMOKING; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0024349941     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115365     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Peto R, Do11 R, Buckley JD, et al. Can dietary beta-carotene materia11y reduce human cancer rates? Nature 1981;290:201-8.
2. Wi11ett WC, Polk BF, Underwood BA, et al. Relation of serum vitamins A and E and carotenoids to the risk of cancer. N Engl J Med 1984;310:430- 4.
3. Wald NJ, Boreham J, Hayward JL, et al. Plasma retinol, beta-carotene, and vitamin E levels in relation to the future risk of breast cancer. Br J Cancer 1984;49:321-4.
4. Nomura AMY, Stemmennann GN, Heilbrun LK, et al. Serum vitamin levels and the risk of cancer of specific sites in men of Japanese ancestry in Hawaii. Cancer Res 1985;45:2369-72.
5. Menkes MS, Comstock GW, Vui11eumier JP, et al. Serum beta-carotene, vitamins A and E, selenium, and the risk of lung cancer. N Engl J Med 1986;315:1250-4.
6. Hennekens CH. Micronutrients and cancer prevention. N Engl J Med 1986;315:1288-9.
7. Colditz GA, Stampfer MJ, Wi11ett WC. Diet and lung cancer; a review of the epidemiologic evidence in humans. Arch Intern Med 1987;147:157- 60.
8. Wald N. Retinol, beta-carotene and cancer. Cancer Surv 1987;6:635-61.
9. Russe11-Briefel R, Bates MW, Ku11er LH. The relationship of plasma carotenoids to health and biochemical factors in middle-aged men. Am J Epidemiol 1986;122:741-9.
10. Stryker WS, Kaplan LA, Stein EA, et al. The relation of diet, cigarette smoking, and alcohol consumption to plasma beta-carotene and alphatocopherol levels. Am J Epidemiol 1988;127:283- 96.
11. Cornwe11 DG, Kruger FA, Robinson HB. Studies on the absorption of beta-carotene and the distribution of total carotenoid in human serum lipoproteins after oral administration. J Lipid Res 1962;3:65-70.
12. Goodman DS, Blomstrand R, Werner B, et al. The intestinal absorption and metabolism of vitamin A and beta-carotene in man. J Clin Invest 1966;45:1615-23.
13. Wi11ett WC, Stampfer MJ, Underwood BA, et al. Vitamins A, E, and carotene: effects of supplementation on their plasma levels. Am J Clin Nutr 1983;38:559-66.
14. Aoki K, Ito Y, Sasaki R, et al. Smoking, alcohol drinking and serum carotenoids levels. Jpn J Cancer Res 1987;78:1049-56.
15. Thurnham DI, Smith E, Flora PS. Plasma carotenes in the 1986-87 British Nutrition Survey. (Abstract). Eighth International Symposium on Carotenoids, 1987:48. (Summary of proceedings of symposium made available to participants).
16. Comstock GW, Menkes MS, Schober SE, et al. Serum levels of retinol, beta-carotene, and alphatocopherol in older adults. Am J Epidemiol 1988; 127:114-23.
17. Thompson JN, Duval S, Verdier P. Investigation of carotenoids in human blood using highperformance liquid chromatography. J Micronutr Analysis 1985;1:81-91.
18. Chow CK, Thacker RR, Changchit C, et al. Lower levels of vitamin C and carotenes in plasma of cigarette smokers. J Am Coll Nutr 1986;5:305-12.
19. Goodman DS. Vitamin A and retinoids in health and disease. N Engl J Med 1984,310:1023-31.
20. Goodman GE, Alberts DS, Peng YM, et al. Plasma kinetics of oral retinol in cancer patients. Cancer Treat Rep 1984;68:1125-33.
21. dimming FJ. Changes in plasma vitamin A in lactating and non-lactating oral contraceptive users. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1983;90:73-7.
22. Nierenberg DW. Determination of serum and plasma concentrations of retinol using highperformance liquid chromatography. J Chromatog Biomed Appl 1984;311:239-48.
23. Nierenberg DW. Serum and plasma beta-carotene levels measured with an improved method of highperformance liquid chromatography. J Chromatog Biomed Appl 1985;339:273-84.
24. Nierenberg DW, Peng YM, Alberts DS. Methods for the determination of retinoids, alpha-tocopherol, and carotenoids in human serum, plasma, and other tissues. In: Micozzi M, Moon T, eds. Nutrition and cancer prevention: the role of micronutrients. New York: Marcel Dekker Inc, 1989: 181-209.
25. Adams CF. Nutritive values of American foods. US Department of Agriculture, Handbook Number Washington, DC: US GPO, 1975.
26. Diem K, ed. Documenta Geigy: scientific tables. Ardsley, NY: Geigy Pharmaceuticals, 1962.
27. Draper N, Smith H. Applied regression analysis. 2nd ed. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc, 1981.
28. Aitkin M. A note on the selection of log-linear models. Biometrics 1980,36:173-8.
29. SAS user's guide; statistics. Version 5 ed. Cary, NC: SAS Institute, Inc, 1985.
30. Nierenberg DW, Stukel T. Diurnal variation in plasma levels of retinol, tocopherol, and betacarotene. Am J Med Sci 1987;30:187-90.
31. Peto R. Cancer, cholesterol, carotene, and tocopherol. Lancet 1981;2:97-8.
32. Mandel HG, Cohn VH. Fat-soluble vitamins. In: Gilman AG, Goodman LS, Rail TW, et al. The pharmacological basis of therapeutics. 7th ed. New York: Macmi11an Publishing Company, 1985: 1573-91.
33. Vahlquist A, Carlson K, Ha11berg D, et al. Serum carotene, vitamin A, retinol-binding protein and lipoproteins before and after jejunoileal bypass surgery. Int J Obes 1982;6:491-7.
34. Rasmussen M, Michalsen H, Lie SO, et al. Intestinal retinol esterification and serum retinol in children with cystic fibrosis. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 1986;5:397-403.
35. Navey Y, Ken-Dror A, Zinder O, et al. Comparative reliability of D-xylose absorption and serum beta-carotene measurements in small intestinal disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 1986;5:210- 3.
36. Hollander D, Ruble PE. Beta-carotene intestinal absorption: bile, fatty acid, pH, and flow rate effects on transport. Am J Physiol 1978;235:686- 91.
37. Dimitrov NV, Boone CW, Hay MB, et al. Plasma beta-carotene levels: kinetic patterns during administration of various doses of beta-carotene. J Nutr Growth Cancer 1987;3:227-38.
38. Hillman RS, Finch CA. Drugs effective in irondeficiency and other hypochromic anemias. In: Gilman AG, Goodman LS, Rail TW, et al. The pharmacological basis of therapeutics. 7th ed. New York: Macmi11an Publishing Company, 1985: 1311-4.
39. Haynes RC, Murad F. Agents affecting calcification: calcium, parathyroid hormone, calcitonin, vitamin D, and other compounds. In: Gilman AG, Goodman LS, Rail TW, et al. The pharmacological basis of therapeutics. 7th ed. New York: Macmi11an Publishing Company, 1985:1518.
40. Holbrook JH. Tobacco. In: Braunwald E, Isselbacher KJ, Petersdorf RG, et al. Principles of internal medicine. 11th ed. New York: Mc- Graw-Hi11 Book Co., 1987:855-9.
41. Khaw KT, Tazuke S, Barrett-Connor E. Cigarette smoking and levels of adrenal androgens in postmenopausal women. N Engl J Med 1988; 318:1705-9.
42. Spector R. The scientific basis of clinical pharmacology. Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1986:19, 20, 201.
43. Lardinois CK, Neuman SL. The effects of antihypertensive agents on serum lipids and lipoproteins. Arch Intern Med 1988;148:1280-8.
44. Flaim E, Wi11iford WO, Mu11en JL, et al. The relationship of serum cholesterol and vitamin A in hospitalized patients with and without cancer. Am J Clin Nutr 1986;44:370-8.