Total cancer risk: Data about total cancer risk was provided by 3 cohorts. No association was found.
Total cancer mortality: Data about total cancer mortality was provided by 2 cohorts. No association was found.
Conclusion: No evidence was found for an association between potatoes and total cancer.
| Author | Cohort name | Subjects | Years of follow-up | Cases | End point | Consumption of | Relative Risk (RR) | Adjustments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18) Benetou V. (2008) | The Greek segment of the EPIC Study. | 25,623 subjects (10,582 men, and 15,041 women). (Greece) | 7.9 (1994-99 to 2007) | 851 (421 men, and 430 women) | Total cancer risk (excluding nonmelanoma skin cancer) | Potatoes | HR = 1.03 (0.95-1.11; No P-value) for an increment of 50 g/day. | Stratified by sex. Adjusted for age, years of schooling, smoking status, BMI, height, physical activity, ethanol intake, supplement use, and total energy intake. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11) Hung HC. (2004) | The Nurses' Health Study & The Health Professionals' Follow-up Study. | 71,910 women (aged 30-55) and 37,725 men (aged 40-75). (USA) | 14 (1984-1998) (women), and 12 (1986-1998) (men) | 6584? women, and 2500? men. 3577 never smokers, 3945 past smokers, and 1694 current smokers. 3128 non-vitamin supplement users, and 3948 multivitamin supplement users. | All cancer risk (excluding nonmelanoma skin cancer, in situ breast cancer, and organ-confined prostate cancer) | Potatoes |
All RRs are for an increment of 1 serving/day. Total calorie intake, age, smoking status, alcohol use, body mass index, multivitamin and vitamin E supplement use, physical activity, family history of myocardial infarction, family history of colon cancer, personal history of hypertension, personal history of hypercholesterolemia, personal history of diabetes, and (for women only) family history of breast cancer, menopausal status, and use of hormone replacement therapy. |
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