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Randomised β-carotene supplementation and incidence of cancer and cardiovascular disease in women: is the association modified by baseline plasma level?
In a nested case-control study of 513 women with cancer; 130 with cardiovascular disease and equal numbers of controls, we found no effect of randomised beta-carotene on risk of cancer or cardiovascular disease within any quartile of baseline plasma beta-carotene, nor was there a trend across quarti...
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2002
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2375321/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11875728 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6600147 |
| Sumario: | In a nested case-control study of 513 women with cancer; 130 with cardiovascular disease and equal numbers of controls, we found no effect of randomised beta-carotene on risk of cancer or cardiovascular disease within any quartile of baseline plasma beta-carotene, nor was there a trend across quartiles (P for trend 0.15 and 0.62, respectively). British Journal of Cancer (2002) 86, 698–701. DOI: 10.1038/sj/bjc/6600147 www.bjcancer.com © 2002 Cancer Research UK |
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