A case-control study of glycemic index, glycemic load and dietary fiber intake and risk of adenocarcinomas and squamous cell carcinomas of the esophagus: The Australian Cancer Study

BMC Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lahmann, Petra H ^a,b   Ibiebele, Torukiri I ^a   Webb, Penelope M ^a   Nagle, Christina M ^a   Whiteman, David C ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Fiber intake; Glycemic index load

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; GLYCEMIC LOAD; HIGH FIBER DIET; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LOW FIBER DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIETARY FIBER; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; ODDS RATIO; RISK;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84924348496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-877     Document Type: Article

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