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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of all the studies included in the meta-analysis

From: Dietary fiber intake and reduced risk of ovarian cancer: a meta-analysis

First Author, Year, Country

Study design

Age (years)

No. of Cases /Participants

Dietary assessment

Exposure details

Contrast (Highest vs. lowest)

RR (95% CI) (Highest vs. lowest)

Adjustments

NOS

Qin,2015, USA

PB-CC

Cases:57.5

Control:54.5

406/1015

Validated 110-item FFQ

Total fiber

≥10.9 vs. ≤6.5 g/d

0.79 (0.53,1.17)

Age, education, region, total energy intake, parity, oral contraceptive use, menopause status, tubal ligation and family history of breast/ovarian cancer, alcohol.

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Hedelin,2011, Sweden

Cohort

30–49

at entry

163/47140

Validated 80-item FFQ

Total fiber

Cereal fiber

Vegetable fiber

2.5–10 vs. ≤1.82 g/d

1.5–5.7 vs. ≤0.90 g/d

2.5–10 vs. ≤1.82 g/d

0.82 (0.50,1.35)

1.17 (0.74,1.87)

1.02 (0.63,1.64)

Age, oral contraceptives, age at menarche, parity, hormone replacement therapy, and intake of total energy intake, alcohol, saturated fat, meat, and fish.

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Nagle,2011, Australia

PB-CC

Cases:57.6

Control:56.3

1366/2780

136-item FFQ

Total fiber

38–77 vs. 10–27 g/d

0.78 (0.62,0.98)

Age, oral contraceptive use, level of post school education, parity, BMI, menopausal status, energy intake.

8

Silvera,2007, USA

Cohort

59.4 ± 7.2

264/49613

Validated

86-item FFQ

Total fiber

Soluble fiber

Insoluble fiber

Cereal fiber

Vegetable fiber

Fruit fiber

> 24.0 vs. < 15.6 g/d

> 7.4 vs. < 4.4 g/d

> 5.1 vs. < 2.8 g/d

> 5.2 vs. < 2.6 g/d

> 10.1 vs. < 5.5 g/d

> 5.8 vs. < 2.2 g/d

0.77 (0.52,1.14)

0.79 (0.51,1.23)

0.72 (0.47,1.10)

1.09 (0.71,1.70)

0.94 (0.63,1.40)

0.76 (0.51,1.12)

Age, BMI, alcohol, hormone replacement therapy, use of oral

contraceptives, parity, age at

Menarche, menopausal status, total energy intake, physical activity, study center, treatment allocation.

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Pan,2004, Canada

PB-CC

Cases:55.1

Control:55.2

442/2577

Validated

69-item FFQ

Total fiber

Q4 vs. Q1

0.91 (0.66,1.25)

10-year age group, province of residence, education, alcohol consumption, cigarette pack-years, BMI, total caloric intake, recreational

Physical activity, number of live births, menstruation years, menopause status.

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McCann,2003, USA

PB-CC

40–85

124/820

FFQ

Total fiber

> 34 vs. < 19 g/d

0.43 (0.20,0.94)

Age, education, total months menstruating, difficulty becoming pregnant, oral contraceptive use, menopausal status, total energy

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Zhang,2004, Australia

HB-CC

< 75

254/906

Validated 120-item FFQ

Insoluble fiber

≥15.3 vs. ≤9.7 g/d

0.36 (0.21,0.62)

Age, education, family income, BMI, total energy intake, smoking, alcohol, ovarian cancer in first degree relatives, parity, menopausal status, oral contraceptive use.

6

Salazar-Martinez,2002, Mexico

HB-CC

20–79

84/713

Validated

116-item FFQ

Total fiber

≥24 vs. ≤ 13 g/d

1.15(0.65,2.05)

Age, total energy intake, number of live births, recent changes in weight, physical activity, diabetes.

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Goodman, 2002, USA

PB-CC

54.8

558/1165

256-item FFQ

Total fiber

≥29.4 vs. ≤ 15.3 g/d

1.01 (0.63,1.63)

Age, ethnicity, study center, education, use of oral contraceptives, parity, tubal ligation, energy intake.

7

Pelucchi,2001, Italy

HB-CC

18–79

1031/3442

Validated

78-item FFQ

Total fiber

Insoluble fiber

Vegetable fiber

Fruit fiber

Grain fiber

Q5 vs. Q1

Q5 vs. Q1

Q5 vs. Q1

Q5 vs. Q1

Q5 vs. Q1

0.68 (0.53,0.88)

0.70 (0.54,0.89)

0.59 (0.46,0.77)

0.96 (0.75,1.22)

1.32 (1.03,1.71)

Age, center, education, occupational physical activity, parity, oral

contraceptive use, family history of ovarian and/or breast cancer in first-degree relatives, menopausal status, total energy intake

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McCann,2001, USA,

HB-CC

20–87

496/1921

44-item FFQ

Total fiber

≥30 vs. ≤16 g/d

0.57 (0.38,0.87)

Age, education, region of residence, regularity of menstruation, family history of ovarian cancer, parity, age at menarche, oral contraceptive use, total energy intake

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Kushi,1999, USA

Cohort

55–69

139/29083

Validated

126-item FFQ

Total fiber

> 23.6 vs. < 16.3 g/d

1.01 (0.61,1.68)

Age, total energy intake, number of live births, age at menopause, family history of ovarian cancer in a first-degree relative, hysterectomy/unilateral oophorectomy status, waist-to-hip ratio, level of physical activity, cigarette smoking, and educational level.

7

Risch,1994, Canada

PB-CC

35–79

450/1014

200-item FFQ

Total fiber

Vegetable fiber

Fruit fiber

Cereal fiber

For 10 g/d increase

0.82 (0.71,0.94)

0.63 (0.49,0.80)

1.03 (1.75,1.43)

0.88 (0.70,1.10)

Age, number of full-term pregnancies, oral contraceptive use, total dally calories, saturated tat/total fat.

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  1. Abbreviations: RR relative risk, CI confidence interval, PB-CC population-based case-control, HB-CC hospital-based case-control, NOS Newcastle–Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale, FFQ food frequency questionnaire, BMI body mass index