National Cancer Center of Korea - Identification of major dietary patterns in Korean adults and their association with cancer risk
Identification of major dietary patterns in Korean adults and their association with cancer risk in the Cancer Screening Examination Cohort. Cancer is the primary cause of disease-related death in Korea. The purposes of this study were to confirm the major dietary patterns and to evaluate whether there were associations between these identified dietary patterns and the risk of cancer based on data from the Cancer Screening Examination Cohort (CSEC) 2004-2008 of the National Cancer Center (NCC) of Korea. This study included 8 024 subjects who completed a written survey on demographics and lifestyles, as well as a 3-day dietary record. Dietary patterns were identified by factor analysis using the principal component analysis method. The associations between the identified dietary patterns and cancer risk were examined using Cox proportional hazards regression models. During a median follow-up period of 9.0 years, 425 cancer cases were newly diagnosed. We identified 4 majo