Yi-Fan Wei, Yi-Lin Xu, Yi-Zi Li, Shu-Hong Huang, Xue Qin, Shi Yan, Jin Xu, Fang-Hua Liu, Song Gao, Meng Luan, Ting-Ting Gong, Qi-Jun Wu
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Abstract
Background: Dietary fat and fatty acid intakes impact the occurrence and development of several cancers. However, the evidence regarding fat and fatty acid intake and ovarian cancer (OC) survival is limited.
Methods: The Ovarian Cancer Follow-Up Study (OOPS), a prospective cohort study, analyzed data collected from 703 OC patients. Deaths were ascertained via medical records and active follow-up. Dietary intake was derived from a validated food frequency questionnaire. Cox proportional hazard models were used to calculate hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for association evaluation. Furthermore, several subgroup and sensitivity analyses were also performed.
Results: A total of 130 patients died during a median follow-up of 37.17 (interquartile: 24.73-50.17) months. Relative to the lowest tertile of intake, patients with the highest tertile of total fat (HR = 1.87, 95% CI = 1.01-3.49), total fatty acid (HR = 2.20, 95% CI = 1.27-3.80), total saturated fatty acid (SFA) (HR = 2.02, 95% CI = 1.22-3.34), shorter-chain SFA (HR = 1.59, 95% CI = 1.03-2.47), long-chain SFA (HR = 1.69, 95% CI = 1.03-2.77), total monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA) (HR = 1.77, 95% CI = 1.02-3.05), and animal-based MUFA (HR = 2.05, 95% CI = 1.17-3.58) intake had higher all-cause mortality risk. In contrast, individuals in the highest tertile of egg fat (HR = 0.57, 95% CI = 0.35-0.92) and fruit and vegetable fat (HR = 0.48, 95% CI = 0.31-0.75) intake exhibited a reduced risk of all-cause mortality. Additionally, significant positive associations with all-cause mortality were identified for the consumption of several common fatty acids, including capric acid (HR = 1.92, 95% CI = 1.23-3.00), myristic acid (HR = 1.86, 95% CI = 1.15-3.02), palmitic acid (HR = 1.72, 95% CI = 1.07-2.76), stearic acid (HR = 1.93, 95% CI = 1.12-3.31), and oleic acid (HR = 1.96, 95% CI = 1.13-3.40), when comparing the highest to the lowest tertile of intake.
Conclusions: We identified a linkage of higher intake of total fats, total fatty acids, SFAs, shorter-chain SFAs, long-chain SFAs, total MUFAs, and animal-based MUFAs with increased all-cause mortality of OC patients. Conversely, consumption of egg fats and fruit and vegetable fats demonstrated inverse associations with all-cause mortality.
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Nutrition Journal publishes surveillance, epidemiologic, and intervention research that sheds light on i) influences (e.g., familial, environmental) on eating patterns; ii) associations between eating patterns and health, and iii) strategies to improve eating patterns among populations. The journal also welcomes manuscripts reporting on the psychometric properties (e.g., validity, reliability) and feasibility of methods (e.g., for assessing dietary intake) for human nutrition research. In addition, study protocols for controlled trials and cohort studies, with an emphasis on methods for assessing dietary exposures and outcomes as well as intervention components, will be considered.
Manuscripts that consider eating patterns holistically, as opposed to solely reductionist approaches that focus on specific dietary components in isolation, are encouraged. Also encouraged are papers that take a holistic or systems perspective in attempting to understand possible compensatory and differential effects of nutrition interventions. The journal does not consider animal studies.
In addition to the influence of eating patterns for human health, we also invite research providing insights into the environmental sustainability of dietary practices. Again, a holistic perspective is encouraged, for example, through the consideration of how eating patterns might maximize both human and planetary health.