Magnesium intake, plasma C-peptide, and colorectal cancer incidence in US women: A 28-year follow-up study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1335-1341

  Zhang, X ^a   Giovannucci, E L ^a,b   Wu, K ^b   Smith Warner, S A ^b   Fuchs, C S ^a,c   Pollak, M ^d   Willett, W C ^a,b   Ma, J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

calcium; colorectal cancer; incidence; insulin resistance; magnesium; plasma C peptide

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE; CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

BODY MASS INDEX; C-PEPTIDE; CALCIUM; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIET; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSULIN; MAGNESIUM; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862812038     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.76     Document Type: Article

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