Alcohol and breast cancer in women: A pooled analysis of cohort studies

Objective. - To assess the risk of invasive breast cancer associated with total and beverage-specific alcohol consumption and to evaluate whether dietary and nondietary factors modify the association. Data Sources. - We included in these analyses 6 prospective studies that had at least 200 incident breast cancer cases, assessed long-term intake...

Predictors of adipose tissue carotenoid and retinol levels in nine countries: The EURAMIC study

The adipose tissue carotenoid (alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, and lycopene) and retinol levels and their predictors were determined in 686 male and 339 female middle-aged and elderly subjects from eight European countries and Israel during the years 1991 to 1992. Adipose tissue carotenoid levels in men were 50-76% of those in women, whereas the...

Moderate drinking: No impact on female fecundity

Objective: To determine the effect of moderate alcohol intake on probability of conception. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: Normal healthy women enrolled in an artificial donor insemination program. Patients: Women starting artificial donor insemination for the very first time were selected. Interventions: Alcohol exposure was...

Prospective study on alcohol consumption and the risk of cancer of the colon and rectum in the Netherlands

The association between alcohol consumption and cancer of the colon and rectum was investigated in a prospective cohort study, conducted in the Netherlands from 1986 onwards among 120,852 men and women, aged 55 to 69 years. During 3.3 years of follow-up, 312 and 166 cases of colon and rectal cancer had accumulated, respectively. After exclusion...

Differential misclassification of alcohol and cigarette consumption by pregnancy outcome

Background. The validity of the results of studies using retrospectively collected information on exposures is often criticized, because cases may report differently from controls even if their true exposure status is the same. This study was performed to quantify the extent to which this effect (differential misclassification) may occur for...

Combination of dietary factors in relation to breast-cancer occurrence

Combinations of dietary factors were studied in relation to breast-cancer occurrence among 133 breast cancer cases and 289 population controls in The Netherlands. Dietary factors were classified according to their possible mechanism of action, i.e., relating either to the intestinal microflora (total fat, fiber, fermented milk products) or to...

Biochemical and anthropometric evaluation of the nutritional status of 35-year-old Dutch men with reference to smoking and drinking habits

Chemicals/CAS: Cholesterol, 57-88-5; Iron, 7439-89-6; Vitamins

Effects of moderate alcohol consumption on platelet aggregation, fibrinolysis, and blood lipids

To investigate the effect of moderate alcohol consumption on blood constituents related to cardiovascular disease, 12 male volunteers consumed (instead of their usual alcoholic drinks) four different standardized amounts of red wine in addition to their habitual diet. Each dose was given to the subjects during a period of 5 weeks in a randomized...