Pre-illness isoflavone consumption and disease risk of ulcerative colitis: a multicenter case-control study in Japan.

Previous studies have suggested that estrogens play a role in the development of ulcerative colitis (UC). Because isoflavones have a similar structure to 17β-estradiol, dietary consumption of isoflavones may have similar influences on the development of UC. We examined the association between pre-il...

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Main Authors: Satoko Ohfuji, Wakaba Fukushima, Kenji Watanabe, Satoshi Sasaki, Hirokazu Yamagami, Masakazu Nagahori, Mamoru Watanabe, Yoshio Hirota, Japanese Case-Control Study Group for Ulcerative Colitis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4196952?pdf=render