Construction of an N-nitroso database for assessing dietary intake

Stuff, JE; Goh, ET; Barrera, SL; Bondy, ML; Forman, MR

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386561

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Journal Article

Year

2009

Language

English

PMID

20161416

HERO ID 386561
In Press No
Year 2009
Title Construction of an N-nitroso database for assessing dietary intake
Authors Stuff, JE; Goh, ET; Barrera, SL; Bondy, ML; Forman, MR
Journal Journal of Food Composition and Analysis
Volume 22
Issue Supplement 1
Page Numbers S42-S47 PMC - PMC2786176
Abstract Dietary N-nitroso compounds are carcinogens synthesized during food processing from two main classes of precursors, oxides of nitrogen and amines or amides. Quantification of the dietary intake of N-nitroso compounds is significant to human cancers, including those of the stomach and upper gastro-intestinal tract, colon, and brain. Previous studies investigating these cancers primarily used proxy estimates of N-nitroso intake and not a full and complete database. In this report, we describe the development of a database to be used in conjunction with a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) or twenty-four hour dietary records. Published analytical data for N-nitroso compounds were compiled and evaluated for inclusion in the database. The final database consisted of 23 different N-nitroso compounds for 500 foods from 39 different food subgroups. Next, database foods were matched to foods in a standard FFQ by imputation, or calculated value, or assumed zero. Using the FFQ modified with N-nitroso values, we evaluated the ability to compute N-nitroso intakes for a sample of healthy control subjects of cancer epidemiological studies. N-nitroso content of food items ranged from <0.01mug/100 g. to 142 mug/100 g and the richest sources were sausage, smoked meats, bacon, and luncheon meats. The database is useful to quantify N-nitroso intake for observational and epidemiological studies.
Doi 10.1016/j.jfca.2009.01.008
Pmid 20161416
Wosid WOS:000273379000008
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