1. The predictive role of the total potassium intake and odds of breast cancer: a case-control study
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Hamid Ahmadirad, Mostafa Norouzzadeh, Farshad Teymoori, Mitra Kazemi Jahromi, Hossein Farhadnejad, Mitra Babrpanjeh, Ebrahim Mokhtari, Zeinab Heidari, Parvin Mirmiran, and Bahram Rashidkhani
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Potassium intake ,Breast cancer ,Women ,Iran ,Case-control study ,Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens ,RC254-282 - Abstract
Abstract Backgrounds Dietary potassium can play an important role in decreasing inflammatory factors as a protective factor for cancers. In this case-control study, we aimed to assess the possible association between dietary potassium intake and the risk of breast cancer (BC) among Iranian adult women. Methods The present case-control study was conducted at Shohada and Imam Hossain hospitals, in Tehran. The study included 134 newly diagnosed cases of BC and 267 controls. A validated semi-quantitative 168-item food frequency questionnaire was used to compute the potassium intake. Logistic regression, adjusted for potential confounders, was used to estimate odds ratios(ORs) and 95% confidence intervals(CI) of BC according to tertiles of potassium intake. Results The mean(M) ± standard deviation(SD) of age and body mass index (BMI) were 47.9 ± 10.3 years and 29.4 ± 5.5 kg/m2, respectively. Also, the M ± SD of potassium intake for the control and case groups was 1616 ± 293 and 1542 ± 338 (mg/1000 Kcal), respectively. In the multivariable-adjusted model for potential confounders, the higher total potassium intake was associated with decreased odds of BC (OR: 0.35, 95%CI: 0.19–0.62, P for trend
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- 2024
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