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SynthesisFrontiers in nutrition2022

Mediterranean Diet Patterns in Relation to Lung Cancer Risk: A Meta-Analysis.

Hongzhen Du, Tengrui Cao, Xuning Lu, Tianfeng Zhang, Bin Luo, Zengning Li

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Synthesis in Frontiers in nutrition, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Association between priori and posteriori dietary patterns and gastric cancer risk: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation (ECP) · 2025
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  12. [Research Progress of the Effect of Mediterranean Diet on the Correlation of Lung Cancer].Zhongguo fei ai za zhi = Chinese journal of lung cancer · 2024
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  14. Mediterranean Diet and Melatonin: A Systematic Review.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hongzhen DuDepartment of Nutrition, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
Tengrui CaoDepartment of Nutrition, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
Xuning LuDepartment of Nutrition, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
Tianfeng ZhangDepartment of Nutrition, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
Bin LuoDepartment of Nutrition, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
Zengning LiDepartment of Nutrition, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
Hebei Medical University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Hebei Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: We systematically quantified the currently inconclusive association between Mediterranean diet patterns and the risk of lung cancer. Methods: We searched the PubMed, Cochrane, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE) and Web of Science electronic databases to identify relevant articles published before October 2021. We used the Newcastle-Ottawa scale to assess the quality of the published research and a random-effects model to estimate the aggregate hazard ratios and 95% CIs. As a result of significant heterogeneity, we performed subgroup analysis, meta-regression analysis, and sensitivity analysis. Where data were available, we also performed a dose-response analysis. Results: Nine articles were included in the meta-analysis. The meta-analysis showed that there was a significant negative correlation between Mediterranean diet patterns and the risk of lung cancer in the general population with a hazard ratio of 0.82, a 95% CI of 0.74-0.92, and a high heterogeneity ( Conclusion: The evidence in this meta-analysis shows that there is a significant negative correlation between Mediterranean diet patterns and the risk of lung cancer, suggesting that Mediterranean diets are a protective factor in lung cancer.

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dose–responselung cancerMediterranean dietmeta-analysisrisk of occurrence

Identifiers

PMID35495942
PMCPMC9039180
OpenAlexW4223608660

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