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Table 1 Study characteristics of published cohort and case-control studies on fish intake and bladder cancer

From: The association of fish consumption with bladder cancer risk: A meta-analysis

Authors and publication year

Study design

Country

Study period

Cases/subjects

Fish consumption

RR (95% CI)

Variables of adjustment

Assessment

Steineck et al.

1988

Cohort

Sweden

1968-1982

80/16477

Ever vs ever

1.3 (0.8-2.2)

Age, sex and smoking

Questionnaire

Steineck et al.

1990

PCC

Sweden

1985-1987

326/719

Weekly vs more seldom

1.1 (0.7-1.8)

Age, sex and smoking

Questionnaire

Riboli et al.

1991

HCC

Spain

1985-1986

432/1221

The highest vs the first quartile

1.26 (0.86-1.84)

Age, smoking and total calories

Interview

Chyou et al.

1993

Cohort

USA

1965-1991

96/7090

≥ 5 times/wk vs ≤ once/wk

0.67 (0.26-1.67)

Age, smoking

Both techniques

Fernandez et al.

1999

HCC

Italy

1983-1996

431/7990

≥ 2 servings/wk vs < 1 serving/wk

1.4 (1.0-1.8)

Age, sex, area of residence, education, smoking, alcohol consumption, and body mass index

Interview

Nagano et al.

2000

Cohort

Japan

1979-1993

114/38540

≥ 5 times/wk vs ≤ once/wk

1.31 (0.75-2.25)

Age, gender, radiation dose, smoking status, education level, body mass index and calendar time

Questionnaire

Wakai et al.

2000

HCC

Japan

1996-1999

297/592

The highest vs the first quartile

0.86 (0.54-1.38)

Age, sex, smoking and occupational history as a cook.

Interview

Balbi et al

2001

HCC

Uruguay

1998-1999

144/720

The highest vs the first tertile

0.82 (0.49-1.36)

Age, sex, residence, urban/rural status, education, body mass index, tobacco smoking, 'mate' drinking, and total calories.

Interview

Sakauchi et al.

2005

Cohort

Japan

1988-1997

115/65184

Almost every day vs 1-2 times/month

0.36 (0.18-0.72)

Age, sex and smoking

Questionnaire

Baena et al.

2006

HCC

Spain

Not mentioned

74/163

≥ 3 times/wk vs never

0.13 (0.05-0.33)

Age, smoking, water intake

Interview

Holick et al.

2006

Cohort

US

1986-2002

736/173229

≥ 1 serving/day vs 1-3 serving/month

Men 0.71 (0.48-1.04)

Women 1.33 (0.74-2.40)

Age, sex, total caloric intake, pack-years of cigarette smoking, and current smoking

Questionnaire

Garcı'a-Closas et al.

2007

HCC

Spain

1998-2001

873/1785

The highest vs the first quintile

0.9 (0.6-1.2)

Age, gender, region, smoking status, duration of smoking and quintiles of fruit and vegetable intake

Interview

Hu et al.

2008

PCC

Canada

1994-1997

1029/6068

The highest vs the first tertile

0.8 (0.6-1.1)

Age, province, education, body mass index, sex, alcohol, smoking, total of vegetable and fruit intake, and total energy intake

Questionnaire

Brinkman et al.

2011

PCC

Belgium

1999-2004

200/486

The highest vs the first tertile

0.77 (0.47-1.27)

Sex, age, smoking status, number of cigarettes smoked per day, number of years smoking, occupational exposure to PAHs or aromatic amines and energy intake.

Questionnaire

  1. PCC: population-base case-control study, HCC: hospital-base case-control study.