Vitamin B2 and Reduced Risk of Colorectal Cancer

• Vitamin B2 intake and the risk of colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis of observational studies.

  • 2015-03-04
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP 16(3)
  • • Yan Liu
    • Qiu-Yan Yu
    • Zhen-Li Zhu
    • Ping-Yi Tang
    • Ke Li

  • PubMed: 25735381
  • DOI: 10.7314/apjcp.2015.16.3.909

  1 Insight on

  • Reduced Risk of Colorectal Cancer

  • High evidence

  The multivariable-adjusted OR for pooled studies for the association of the highest versus lowest vitamin B2 intake and the risk of colorectal cancer was 0.83 (95% confidence interval [95%CI]:0.75,0.91).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes