Dietary intake is associated with risk of multiple myeloma and its precursor disease
Publisher's version (útgefin grein) ; The etiology of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS), the precursor state of multiple myeloma (MM), is mostly unknown and no studies have been conducted on the effect of diet on MGUS or progression from MGUS to MM. We aimed to explore the association between common foods and MGUS and progression to MM. Data from the population-based AGES Study (N = 5,764) were utilized. Food frequency questionnaire was used to assess dietary intake during adolescence, midlife, and late life. Serum protein electrophoresis and serum free light-chain assay was performed to identify MGUS (n = 300) and LC-MGUS cases (n = 275). We cross linked our data with the Icelandic Cancer Registry to find cases of MM in the study group. We found that intake of fruit at least three times per week during adolescence was associated with lower risk of MGUS when compared to lower fruit consumption (OR = 0.62, 95% CI 0.41–0.95). We additionally found that intake of fruit at least three times per week during the late life period was associated with decreased risk of progressing from MGUS to MM (HR = 0.34, 95% CI 0.13–0.89) when compared to lower intake. Adolescent intake of fruit may reduce risk of MGUS, whereas fruit intake after MGUS onset may reduce risk of progressing to MM. Our findings suggest that diet might alter the risk of developing MGUS and progression to MM. ; The AGES-Reykjavik Study was funded by NIH contract N01-AG-012100, the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute on Aging, by the Icelandic Heart Association, and the Icelandic Parliament. This work was supported by the Icelandic Centre for Research, RANNIS (S.Y. Kristinsson), the Landspitali University Hospital Research Fund (S.Y. Kristinsson), the Karolinska Instituted Foundations (S.Y. Kristinsson), the Marie Curie CIG (S.Y. Kristinsson), and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Core Grant (P30 CA008748) from the National Cancer Institute (O.Landgren). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. ; Peer Reviewed