No association between fruit or vegetable consumption and the risk of colorectal cancer in Japan

In a pooled analysis of two prospective studies with 88 658 Japanese men and women, fruit and vegetable consumptions, were not associated with a lower risk of colorectal cancer ( 705 cases); multivariate relative risk (95% confidence interval) for the highest vs the lowest quartile of intake being 0.92 (0.70 - 1.19) and 1.00 (0.79 - 1.27), respectively.