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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-2-5
pubmed:abstractText
The role of coffee in the aetiology of hepatocellular carcinoma has raised great interest. In Italy, coffee consumption is high, thus allowing the investigation of the topic over a broad range of consumption. A hospital-based case-control study was conducted in Italy in 1999-2002, including 185 incidents, histologically confirmed cases of hepatocellular carcinoma aged 43-84 years. Controls were 412 subjects admitted to the same hospitals' networks for acute, non-neoplastic diseases unrelated to diet. Coffee and tea consumption were assessed using a validated food-frequency questionnaire. Odds ratios (ORs) and corresponding the 95% confidence intervals (CI) were computed using unconditional multiple logistic regression, adjusting for hepatitis viruses seropositivity, alcohol intake, smoking habits and other potential confounding factors. Compared to people who drunk <14 cups/week of coffee, the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma decreased for increasing levels of consumption (OR=0.4, 95% CI: 0.2-1.1 for >or=28 cups/week, p for trend = 0.02). In the present study, inverse relations were observed across strata of hepatitis C and, B virus infections and alcohol drinking. No significant association emerged with consumption of decaffeinated coffee (OR=0.7, 95% CI=0.2-2.5) or tea (OR=1.4, 95% CI=0.8-2.7). The present study supports the hypothesis of a favourable effect of coffee, though not decaffeinated coffee and tea, on the risk on hepatocellular carcinoma.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0020-7136
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
120
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1555-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17205531-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:17205531-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:17205531-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:17205531-Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, pubmed-meshheading:17205531-Case-Control Studies, pubmed-meshheading:17205531-Coffee, pubmed-meshheading:17205531-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17205531-Hepacivirus, pubmed-meshheading:17205531-Hepatitis B, Chronic, pubmed-meshheading:17205531-Hepatitis B virus, pubmed-meshheading:17205531-Hepatitis C, Chronic, pubmed-meshheading:17205531-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17205531-Incidence, pubmed-meshheading:17205531-Italy, pubmed-meshheading:17205531-Liver Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:17205531-Lymphoma, pubmed-meshheading:17205531-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17205531-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:17205531-Odds Ratio, pubmed-meshheading:17205531-Questionnaires, pubmed-meshheading:17205531-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:17205531-Tea
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Coffee and tea consumption and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in Italy.
pubmed:affiliation
Servizio di Epidemiologia, Istituto Tumori Fondazione Pascale, Naples, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't