학술논문
Randomised beta-carotene supplementation and incidence of cancer and cardiovascular disease in women: is the association modified by baseline plasma level?
Document Type
Journal Article
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*CARDIOVASCULAR disease prevention
*ANTIOXIDANTS
*CARDIOVASCULAR diseases
*CLINICAL trials
*COMPARATIVE studies
*RESEARCH methodology
*MEDICAL cooperation
*RESEARCH
*TUMORS
*WOMEN'S health
*EVALUATION research
*RANDOMIZED controlled trials
*DISEASE incidence
*CASE-control method
*BETA carotene
TUMOR prevention
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0007-0920
Abstract
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). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]