The relationship between vegetable/fruit consumption and gallbladder/bile duct cancer: A population‐based cohort study in Japan |
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Authors: | Takeshi Makiuchi Tomotaka Sobue Tetsuhisa Kitamura Junko Ishihara Norie Sawada Motoki Iwasaki Shizuka Sasazuki Taiki Yamaji Taichi Shimazu Shoichiro Tsugane |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Environmental Medicine and Population Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita Osaka, Japan;2. Division of Nutritional Sciences, Graduate School of Sagami Women's University, Sagamihara Kanagawa, Japan;3. Epidemiology and Prevention Group, Center for Public Health Sciences, National Cancer Center, Chuo‐ku Tokyo, Japan |
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Abstract: | Vegetable and fruit consumption may have a protective effect against several types of cancers. However, the effect on biliary cancers is unclear. We investigated the association of vegetable/fruit consumption with the risks of gallbladder cancer (GBC), intrahepatic bile duct cancer (IHBDC) and extrahepatic bile duct cancer (EHBDC) in a population‐based prospective cohort study in Japan. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated using the Cox proportional hazard model, and the exposure level was categorized into quartiles, with the lowest group used as the reference. A total of 80,371 people aged 45 to 74 years were enrolled between 1995 and 1999, and followed up for 1,158,632 person‐years until 2012, during which 133 GBC, 99 IHBDC, and 161 EHBDC cases were identified. Increased consumption of total vegetable and fruit was significantly associated with a decreased risk of EHBDC (HR = 0.49; 95% CI: 0.29–0.81 for the highest group; p trend = 0.005). From the analysis of relevant nutrients, significantly decreased risk of EHBDC was associated with folate and insoluble fiber (HR = 0.48, 0.53; 95% CI: 0.28–0.85, 0.31–0.88 for the highest group; p trend = 0.010, 0.023; respectively), and a significant trend of decreased EHBDC risk associated with vitamin C was observed (p trend = 0.029). No decreased risk of GBC and IHBDC was found. Our findings suggest that increased vegetable/fruit consumption may decrease a risk of EHBDC, and folate, vitamin C, and insoluble fiber might be key contributors to the observed protective effect. |
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Keywords: | vegetable fruit extrahepatic bile duct cancer intrahepatic bile duct cancer gallbladder cancer JPHC prospective study Japanese |
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