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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-9-6
pubmed:abstractText
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether a relationship exists between mortality rates and serum antioxidant levels among Japanese inhabitants. The follow-up subjects, who participated in comprehensive health examinations, consisted of 2444 inhabitants (949 males and 1495 females) of a rural area in Hokkaido, Japan. Between 1991 and December 2000, 146 subjects (94 males and 52 females) died, with cancer accounting for 76 of these deaths (48 males and 28 females). Serum samples at fasting were collected at entry into the study, and serum levels of beta- and alpha-carotenes, lycopene, beta-cryptoxanthin, canthaxanthin, zeaxanthin/lutein, tocopherols, and retinol were measured separately by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The statistical analyses were conducted using the Cox proportional hazard model. Age- and gender-adjusted hazard ratios of the groups with high serum levels of lycopene, beta-carotene, zeaxanthin/lutein, and total carotenoids compared to those with low serum levels were 0.36 (95% C.I: 0.19-0.69), 0.53 (0.29-0.95), 0.73 (0.43-1.25), and 0.52 (0.30-0.92) for cancers of all sites, and 0.44 (95% C.I: 0.28-0.69), 0.59 (0.39-0.90), 0.61 (0.40-0.93), and 0.50 (0.33-0.76) for all causes, respectively. Similar results were found after adjusting for gender, age, smoking habits, alcohol consumption, and serum levels of total cholesterol and glutamic pyruvic transaminase (GPT) activity. Moreover, after excluding mortality within the first three years of follow-up, the hazard ratios of subjects with high serum levels of lycopene, total carotenes, and total carotenoids were significantly and inversely associated with subsequent mortality from all causes and cancers of all sites after adjusting for gender, age, and serum levels of total cholesterol, alpha-tocopherol, and retinol. These results suggest that high serum levels of antioxidants, such as lycopene, beta-carotene and zeaxanthin/lutein, play roles in preventing death from cancer and from all causes. However, high serum levels of tocopherols and retinol did not demonstrate clear associations with either low mortality rates from all causes or cancer of all sites.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0300-9831
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
72
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
237-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-2-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12214561-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:12214561-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12214561-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12214561-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:12214561-Alcohol Drinking, pubmed-meshheading:12214561-Antioxidants, pubmed-meshheading:12214561-Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, pubmed-meshheading:12214561-Cohort Studies, pubmed-meshheading:12214561-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12214561-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12214561-Japan, pubmed-meshheading:12214561-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12214561-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12214561-Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:12214561-Proportional Hazards Models, pubmed-meshheading:12214561-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12214561-Rural Health, pubmed-meshheading:12214561-Seroepidemiologic Studies, pubmed-meshheading:12214561-Sex Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12214561-Smoking, pubmed-meshheading:12214561-Survival Rate
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Serum antioxidants and subsequent mortality rates of all causes or cancer among rural Japanese inhabitants.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Public Health, Fujita Health University School of Health Sciences, Toyoake, Japan. yoshiito@fujita-hu.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't