Breast cancer risk: Data about the relation with breast cancer risk was provided by one cohort. A nonsignificantly increased risk was found.
Breast cancer mortality: No data was found.
Conclusion: Results were restricted to effects from one cohort. No evidence was found for an association
between pickled vegetables and breast cancer.
| Author | Cohort name | Subjects | Years of follow-up | Cases | End point | Consumption of | Relative Risk (RR) | Adjustments |
| 13) Key TJ (1999) | The Hiroshima/Nagasaki Life Span Study. | 34,759 women. (Japan) | 1969-70 and/or 1979-81 to 1993 | 391 | Breast cancer incidence | Pickled vegetables (including salted fish gut) |
RR = 1.35 (1.04-1.75; P = 0.059) for the highest vs lowest tertile of consumption. Amount specific data (Frequency of consumption): ≤ 1/week: RR = 1. 2-4/week: RR = 1.50 (1.10-2.03). ≥ 5/week: RR = 1.35 (1.04-1.75). | Age, calendar period, city, age at time of bombing and radiation dose. |