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. 2015 Dec 8;5:17921. doi: 10.1038/srep17921

Table 1. The characteristics of the included studies.

Study >Year Population Design Sex Age Sample Size(n) Questionnaire Intake Exposure range Adjusted RR Variables used in multivariate model
Brock et al. 2012 USA Case-control female/male 40–85 323/1827 Mailed Questionnaire Mg/d Total Q5>112,Q1<53 0.70(0.50,1.10) Age, sex, proxy status, years of smoking, number Of cigarettes smoked per/d,never/ever smoke, BMI age 40 years, blood pressure, alcohol consumption, fat consump- tion and energy
Lee et al. 2006 USA Cohort study (prospective) female/male 40–75 248/136587 FFQ Total Q5:-,Q1:- 0.58(0.32,1.03) BMI, history of hypertension, parity, history of diabees, smoking status,multivitamin use, alcohol intake, and total energy intake.
La et al. 2009 Canada Case-control female/male 20–76 1138/5039 FFQ Total Q5:195,Q1:- 0.84(0.67,1.05) Sex, 10-year age group, province, total fat body mass index, alcohol drinking, pack-year smoking, processed meat, saturated fat, monounsaturate fat, transfat, cholesterol, and total energy intake.
Ho et al. 2014 USA Cohort study (prospective) female 50–79 240/96196 FFQ Total Food Supplement Q5>585,Q1<96.3 Q5>135.3,Q1<61.2 Q5>560,Q1:0(mcg) 1.12(0.65,1.91) 1.02(0.66,1.58) 1.17(0.66,2.05) Micronutrients, age, clinical trial, race, education, BMI, hypertension, smoking status, oral contraceptive use, hysterectomy ever, oophorectomy ever, physical activity, and energy intake.
Bertoia et al. 2009 2009 USA Cohort study (prospective) male 50–69 255/27062 FFQ Total Q5:161,Q1:50 0.99(0.67,1.46) Age, BMI, education level, measured systolic and diastolic blood pressure, self-reported history of hypertension, leisure-time physical activity, years of smoking, total number of cigarettes perday, trial intervention group and alcohol consumption, total energy intake, serum cholesterol.
Lindblad et al. 1997 Sweden Case-control female/mal 20–79 379/350 Self-administered questionnaire Total Food Q5:123,Q1<95 Q5:108.7,Q1<48.9 0.66(0.42,1.03) 0.83(0.53,1.31) Age, sex, BMI, cigarette smoking, educational level
Bosetti et al. 2006 Italy Case-control female/male 24–79 767/1534 FFQ Total Q5:-,Q1:89.41 0.72(0.54,0.96) Sex, study centre, period of interview, age, education, BMI, smoking habit, alcohol drinking and family history of kidney cancer
Ernahrung et al. 1997 Germany Case-control female/male 20–75 277/286 FFQ Total Q5:-,Q1:- 0.58(0.33,1.00) Age, gender, educational status, tobacco moking and alcohol consumption.
A. et al. 1996 Denmark Case-control female/male 20–79 351/340 FFQ Total Q5>102,Q1<42 0.80(0.50,1.50) Age, total energy intake, smoking, BMI,and socio-economic.
Yuan et al. 1998 USA Case-control female/male 25–74 1204/1204 FFQ Total Q5:-,Q6:- 0.76(0.56,1.02) Level of education, BMI, history Of hypertension, number of cigarettes per day, current smoking status, total grams of analgesics consumed over lifetime and regular use of amphetamines