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Alcohol consumption and risk of subarachnoid hemorrhage: A meta-analysis of 14 observational studies.

​Heavy drinking of alcohol might be a risk factor for the occurrence of subarachnoid hemorrhage.

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  • 2016
  • Author(s): Yao X, Zhang K, Bian J, Chen G.
  • Department of Neurosurgery & Brain and Nerve Research Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China. Department of Neurosurgery, Suzhou Xiangcheng People's Hospital, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215131, P.R. China.
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Legume Consumption and Colorectal Adenoma Risk: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.

​Frequent consumers of legumes may be less prone to develop colorectal adenomas and cancer.

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  • 2013
  • Wang Y, Wang Z, Fu L, Chen Y, Fang J.
  • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
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  • No. Source of funding disclosure not found
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Dietary legume consumption reduces risk of colorectal cancer: evidence from a meta-analysis of cohort studies.

​Generous intake of legumes may help cut down an individual's risk of developing colorectal cancer.

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  • 2015
  • Zhu B, Sun Y, Qi L, Zhong R, Miao X.
  • State Key Laboratory of Environment Health (Incubation), MOE (Ministry of Education) Key Laboratory of Environment &Health, Ministry of Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environment and Health (Wuhan), and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA.
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Non-soy legume consumption lowers cholesterol levels: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

​A healthy cholesterol number is associated with frequent consumption of non-soy legumes.

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Association of Dietary Inflammatory Potential With Colorectal Cancer Risk in Men and Women.

​Habitual consumption of inflammatory foods, such as soda, red meat, and processed meat products, may accelerate the development and growth of cancerous cells and tumors in the colon and rectum.

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  • 2018
  • Tabung FK, Liu L, Wang W, Fung TT, Wu K, Smith-Warner SA, Cao Y, Hu FB, Ogino S, Fuchs CS, Giovannucci EL.
  • Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts. Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts. Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts. Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China. Department of Nutrition, Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts. Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts. Program in MPE Molecular Pathological Epidemiology, Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts. Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale University Cancer Center, New Haven, Connecticut.
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A meta-analysis on alcohol consumption and risk of endometriosis.

Drinking of alcohol may raise a woman's chances of having endometriosis.

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Fruit and vegetable intake and risk of wheezing and asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

​Adequate intake of fruits and vegetables may help guard against the development of asthma and wheezing in children and adults.

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  • 2014
  • Seyedrezazadeh E, Moghaddam MP, Ansarin K, Vafa MR, Sharma S, Kolahdooz F.
  • Tuberculosis and Lung Research Disease Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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  • No. Source of funding disclosure not found
  • No. Potential conflicts disclosure not found
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Cigarette smoking and chronic kidney disease in the general population: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.

​Current and past cigarette smokers are more liable to develop chronic kidney disease than never smokers.

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  • 2017
  • Xia J, Wang L, Ma Z, Zhong L, Wang Y, Gao Y, He L, Su X.
  • Department of Nephrology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China. Department of Rheumatology, Shanghai Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China. Education Quality Monitoring Center, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China. Department of Traditional Chinese Internal Medicine, Xinhua Hospital Chongming Branch Affiliated to Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. Department of Nephrology, Combined Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital in Hubei Province, Wuhan, China.
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Female alcohol consumption and fecundability: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis.

Women who are frequent consumers of alcohol may experience a decrease in fertility at a faster rate than their counterparts who are non-consumers of alcoholic beverages.

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  • 2017
  • Fan D, Liu L, Xia Q, Wang W, Wu S, Tian G, Liu Y, Ni J, Wu S, Guo X, Liu Z.
  • Foshan Institute of Fetal Medicine, Southern Medical University Affiliated Maternal & Child Health Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, Guangdong, 528000, China. Department of Obstetrics, Southern Medical University Affiliated Maternal & Child Health Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, Guangdong, 528000, China. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, 230032, China. Department of Library, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310003, China. Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, 230032, China. School of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui, 230038, China. Foshan Institute of Fetal Medicine, Southern Medical University Affiliated Maternal & Child Health Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, Guangdong, 528000, China. fsguoxl@163.com. Department of Obstetrics, Southern Medical University Affiliated Maternal & Child Health Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, Guangdong, 528000, China. fsguoxl@163.com. Foshan Institute of Fetal Medicine, Southern Medical University Affiliated Maternal & Child Health Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, Guangdong, 528000, China. liuzphlk81@outlook.com. Department of Obstetrics, Southern Medical University Affiliated Maternal & Child Health Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, Guangdong, 528000, China. liuzphlk81@outlook.com.
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Systematic review and meta-analysis suggest that dietary cholesterol intake increases risk of breast cancer.

​Women on diets high in cholesterol-containing foods may have a high tendency of developing breast cancer.

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  • 2016
  • Li C, Yang L, Zhang D, Jiang W
  • Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, the Medical College of Qingdao University, No. 38 Dengzhou Rd, Qingdao, Shandong 266021, People's Republic of China. Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, the Medical College of Qingdao University, No. 38 Dengzhou Rd, Qingdao, Shandong 266021, People's Republic of China.
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  • No. Source of funding disclosure not found
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Red and processed meat consumption and breast cancer: UK Biobank cohort study and meta-analysis.

​Women who are habitual consumers of processed meats may be highly vulnerable to suffer from breast cancer.

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  • 2017
  • Anderson JJ, Darwis NDM, Mackay DF, Celis-Morales CA, Lyall DM, Sattar N, Gill JMR, Pell JP.
  • Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, 1 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow, UK. Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, 1 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow, UK. Electronic address: jill.pell@glasgow.ac.uk.
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Association between cholesterol intake and pancreatic cancer risk: Evidence from a meta-analysis.

A significant elevation in pancreatic cancer risk is associated with high consumption of cholesterol-rich foods.

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