Objective To investigate the relationship between dietary factors and cervical cancer.
Methods A hospital based case-control study was conducted in Shanxi Province Tumcr Hospital from J anuary to May in 2004.132 cases with cervical cancer newly diagnosed by pathology and 133 patients with benign neoplasm were interviewed including related agents and dietary factors.A semi-quantitative food-frequency questionnaires was used to assess the intakes of food.Adjusted ORs and 95%CI were estimated by unconditional Logistic regress models.
Results After adjusting for the effects of non-diet factors, blue vegetables(OR=0.320, 95%CI=0.14-0.73)and dietary folate(OR=0.36, 95%CI=0.14-0.95)might be protective factors for cervical cancer, moreover, and they showed a dose-dependent direct associated with cervical cancer.
Conclusion Dietary factors played an important role in the development of cervical cancer, high intakes of blue vegetables and foods rich in folate were associated with a reduced risk of cervical cancer.
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