Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration and lymphoma risk: results of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition.

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BACKGROUND: The relation between vitamin D status and lymphoma risk is inconclusive. OBJECTIVE: We examined the association between prediagnostic plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] and lymphoid cancer risk. DESIGN: We conducted a study nested within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition cohort of 1127 lymphoma cases and 1127 matched controls with a mean follow-up time of 7.1 y. Conditional logistic regression was used to estimate multivariable-adjusted incidence r...

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Authors: Łuczyńska, A; Kaaks, R; Rohrmann, S; Becker, S; Linseisen, J

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: American journal of clinical nutrition
• Volume: 98
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 827-838
• Publication date: 2013-09-01
• DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.054676
• EISSN: 1938-3207
• ISSN: 0002-9165
• Language: English
• Keywords: Leukemia, Lymphoid; Case-Control Studies; Male; Follow-Up Studies; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin; Humans; Lymphoma; Vitamin D; Middle Aged; Diet; Cohort Studies; Chronic Disease; Logistic Models; Female; Incidence