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Joint association of genome-wide association study-identified susceptibility loci and dietary patterns in risk of renal cell carcinoma among non-Hispanic whites.
American journal of epidemiology - 1 Sept 2014
Melkonian Stephanie C, Daniel Carrie R, Hildebrandt Michelle A T, Tannir Nizar M, Ye Yuanqing, Chow Wong-Ho, Wood Christopher G, Wu Xifeng
Abstract excerpt
Dietary factors may affect risk of renal cell carcinoma (RCC). In an ongoing case-control study of RCC initiated in Houston, Texas, in 2002, we identified 3 empirically derived dietary patterns: "fruits and vegetables," "American/Western," and "Tex-Mex." Among 659 RCC cases and 699 controls, we evaluated associations of these dietary patterns with RCC risk and whether the associations varied by obesity status,...
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