Scientists from the University of South Carolina found that drinking f one or more sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) per day is associated with an increased risk of liver cancer.
The research was presented at Nutrition 2022 and was conducted by Longgang Zhao et al.
In the study, the team examined the association between SSB intake and the risk of liver cancer among 90,504 women aged 50 to 79 years.
SSB intake was defined as the sum of soft drinks and fruit drinks and was assessed by a validated food frequency questionnaire.
Self-administered questionnaires were used to identify liver cancers, which were further confirmed by medical record review.
The researchers found that 205 women had confirmed liver cancer after a median of 18.7 years of follow-up. Overall, about 7.3 percent of women consumed one or more servings of SSB/day.
The risk of liver cancer was increased in association with higher SSB intake. For soft drinks, the hazard ratio was 1.73 for one or more/day versus never.
After further adjustment for coffee/tea intake, history of liver diseases, and other confounding variables, the results were similar.
The team says if the findings are confirmed, reducing sugar-sweetened beverage drinking might serve as a public health strategy to reduce the liver cancer burden.
Replacing sugar-sweetened beverages with water, and non-sugar-sweetened coffee or tea could significantly lower liver cancer risk.
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