Dietary Inflammatory Index and Epithelial Ovarian Cancer in Southern Chinese Women: A Case-Control Study.

The association between inflammatory properties of diet and ovarian cancer risk has been investigated in some Western populations. However, little evidence is available from Asian women whose ovarian cancer incidence rates are low and dietary and lifestyle patterns are very different from their Western counterparts. We aimed to examine whether more pro-inflammatory diets, as indicated by higher dietary inflammatory index (DII®) scores, are associated with increased odds of epithelial ovarian cancer in southern China.

Soy and isoflavone intake associated with reduced risk of ovarian cancer in southern Chinese women.

Isoflavones, mainly found in soy, have been shown to inhibit ovarian cancer cell proliferation. We hypothesized that soy consumption and isoflavone intake are related to the risk of ovarian cancer. A case-control study was conducted in southern China to ascertain this hypothesis.

Mushroom intake and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer in southern Chinese women.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the association between mushroom consumption and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer in southern Chinese women.

Methods: A hospital-based case-control study was undertaken in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, from 2006 to 2008. Participants were 500 incident patients with epithelial ovarian cancer and 500 controls, with a mean (SD) age of 59 (6) years.

Fruit and vegetable consumption associated with reduced risk of epithelial ovarian cancer in southern Chinese women.

Objective: To investigate the association between fruit and vegetable consumption and the risk of epithelial ovarian cancer in southern Chinese women.

Methods: A case-control study was undertaken in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, between 2006 and 2008. Participants were 500 incident ovarian cancer patients and 500 hospital-based controls.

Reproductive factors for ovarian cancer in southern Chinese women.

Objective: To investigate the association between reproductive factors and the risk of ovarian cancer among southern Chinese women.

Methods: A hospital-based case-control study was undertaken in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, between 2006 and 2008. A structured questionnaire was used to obtain information on parity, oral contraceptive use and other reproductive factors in a sample of 500 incident ovarian cancer patients and 500 controls (mean age, 59 years).

Preserved foods associated with increased risk of ovarian cancer.

Objective: To investigate the association between consumption of preserved foods and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer in southern Chinese women.

Methods: A hospital-based case-control study was undertaken in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, from 2006 to 2008. Participants were 500 incident epithelial ovarian cancer patients and 500 controls, with a mean age 59 years.

Ovarian cancer risk is reduced by prolonged lactation: a case-control study in southern China.

Background: Ovarian cancer is an important neoplasm that is difficult to diagnose and treat; therefore, prevention is the preferable strategy. Growing evidence indicates a protective effect of breastfeeding on ovarian cancer risk.

Objective: The objective was to investigate the association between lactation and the risk of ovarian cancer among southern Chinese women.

Habitual physical activity reduces risk of ovarian cancer: a case-control study in southern China.

Objective: To ascertain the relationship between habitual physical activity and the risk of ovarian cancer among southern Chinese women.

Method: A case-control study was conducted in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, during 2006-2008. Information on physical activity exposure and lifestyle characteristics was obtained from 500 incident ovarian cancer patients and 500 hospital-based controls (mean age 59 years) using a validated and reliable questionnaire.

Tea consumption reduces ovarian cancer risk.

Objective: To ascertain the relationship between tea drinking and the risk of ovarian cancer among southern Chinese women, a case-control study was conducted in southern China during 2006-2008.

Methods: Five hundred incident patients with histologically confirmed epithelial carcinoma of the ovary and 500 controls (mean age 59 years) were recruited from four public hospitals in Guangzhou. Information on frequency, quantity and duration of tea drinking, amount of dried tea leaves brewed, together with habitual diet and lifestyle characteristics, was obtained face-to-face from participants using a validated and reliable questionnaire.

Is body size associated with ovarian cancer in southern Chinese women?

Purpose: To investigate the association between risk of ovarian cancer and body size among southern Chinese women.

Methods: A hospital-based case-control study was undertaken in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, from 2006 to 2008. Participants were 500 incident ovarian cancer patients and 500 controls, with a mean age of 59 years.

Breast-feeding mothers can exercise: results of a cohort study.

Objectives: To study the relationship between exercise by the mother and breast-feeding initiation and duration, and its effect on infant growth.

Design: A cohort study of mothers and infants, recruited at birth. Infant feeding methods were recorded in detail and breast-feeding was categorised as 'any' or 'full'.