Review Article
Exploring Risk Factors for Follicular Lymphoma
Table 1
Dietary risk factors associated with the development of follicular lymphoma.
| Exposure | Measure of effect (95% CI) | -trend | Reference |
| Diet | | | |
| Meat and milk | HR = 5.16 (1.33–20.0) | 0.03 | [19] | Fruits and vegetables | OR = 0.3 (0.1–0.7) | 0.002 | [20] | Vegetablesa | OR = 0.3 (0.1–0.7) | 0.001 | [20] | Fruitsa | OR = 0.4 (0.2–1.0) | 0.04 | [20] |
| Dietary factors | | | |
| Vitamin D | OR = 0.3 (0.1–0.9) | <0.05 | [14] | Vitamin D* | HR = 0.64 (0.29–1.41) | 0.38 | [17] | PUFA | OR = 0.4 (0.2–1.1) | | [14] | Nitrate (mg/day) | OR = 1.5 (0.8–2.7) | 0.04 | [26] | Nitrite (mg/day) | OR = 2.3 (1.1–4.9) | 0.008 | [26] |
| Antioxidants | | | |
| Vitamin C | RR = 0.55 (0.30–1.0) | 0.032 | [25] | Lutein + zeaxanthin | RR = 0.56 (0.32–0.99) | 0.007 | [25] | B-cryptoxanthin | RR = 0.57 (0.31–1.05) | 0.04 | [25] | Isoflavones | RR = 0.53 (0.29–0.97) | 0.022 | [25] | Flavonols | RR = 0.52 (0.29–0.94) | 0.03 | [25] |
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aThese odds ratios are for the female cases only.
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