Glycemic index, glycemic load, and risk of digestive tract neoplasms: A systematic review and meta-analysis

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 568-576

  Mulholland, Helen G ^a,b   Murray, Liam J ^a   Cardwell, Chris R ^a   Cantwell, Marie M ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBASE; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; GLYCEMIC INDEX; GLYCEMIC LOAD; HUMAN; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMANS; HYPERINSULINISM; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 59649123183     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.26823     Document Type: Article

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