Total cancer risk: No data was found.
Total cancer mortality: Data about total cancer mortality was provided by 2 cohorts. No association was found with dried fruits (1) or with
nuts or dried fruit (4).
Conclusion: No evidence was found for an association between dried fruits and total cancer.
| Author | Cohort name | Subjects | Years of follow-up | Cases | End point | Consumption of | Relative Risk (RR) | Adjustments |
| 4) Appleby PN. (2002) | The Health Food Shoppers Study. | 10,741 subjects, aged 16-89 (4,325 men, 6,416 women. 8,675 non-smokers). (UK) | 1973-79 to 1997 | 680 (284 men, and 396 women. 543 non-smokers)? | Mortality from all malignant neoplasms | Nuts/dried fruit (not defined) | RR = 0.98 (0.83-1.17; No P-value) for daily consumption vs less frequent consumption. | Age at recruitment, sex, smoking, and each other food (fresh fruit, wholemeal bread, nuts/dried fruit, raw vegetable salads, and bran cereals). |
| 4) Key TJ. (1996) | The Health Food Shoppers Study. | 10.771 (4.336 men and 6.435 women) aged > or = 16, recruited through health food shops, vegeterian societies, and magazines. (UK) | 16.8 (1973-79 to 1995) | 451? (181 men, 270 women) | Mortality from all malignant neoplasms | nuts or dried fruit (not defined) | RR = 1.01 (0.84-1.23; No P-value) for consumption at least daily vs < daily. | Age, sex, and smoking |
| 1) Colditz GA. (1985) | The Massachusetts Health Care Panel Study. | 1,226 residents 66 years or older. (USA) | 5 (1976-1980) | 42? | Total cancer mortality | Dried fruits (like apricots, prunes or raisins) | RR = 0.6 (0.3-1.4; No P-value) for high vs low consumption using median cut (median cut = 1 serving/wk). | Age. |