RESULTS.
No associations were evident between colon carcinoma and total energy, Hotel-Dieu of Montre ´al, Department of Nutriprotein, or carbohydrate consumption, whereas a suggestive inverse association tion, Faculty of Medicine, University of Monwas found with total fat intake, with an odds ratio (OR) of 0.78 (P Å 0.0637), and tre ´al, Montre ´al, Quebec, Canada.
with saturated fat intake as well (OR Å 0.71, P Å 0.0893). A strongly significant 2 Laboratoire of Nutrition and Cancer, Research inverse association was found with dietary fiber (OR Å 0.50, P Å 0.0018). The Centre, Hotel-Dieu of Montre ´al, Montre ´al, Questrongest inverse association concerning fiber was found with fiber from vegetable bec, Canada.
sources (OR Å 0.57, P Å 0.0096), and a suggestive (although nonsignificant) inverse 3 Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Euassociation (OR Å 0.74, P Å 0.0687) was found with fiber from fruits. Calcium was ropean Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy.
inversely associated with risk (OR Å 0.69, P Å 0.0411), as was dietary intake of 4 Hotel-Dieu of Montre ´al, Montre ´al, Quebec, vitamin A (OR Å 0.67, P Å 0.0162), retinol, (OR Å 0.069, P Å 0.0409), vitamin E Canada.
(OR Å 0.53, P Å 0.0028), and alphatocopherol (OR Å 0.63, P Å 0.0256). Although there was no association demonstrated between dietary beta-carotene intake and 5 Notre-Dame Hospital, Montre ´al, Quebec, Canada.
risk, a suggestive (although nonsignificant) inverse association with intake of other types of carotene was observed (OR Å 0.76, P Å 0.0740). No association was found