Researchers in the United States discovered that women who consume sugary drinks on a regular basis have a higher risk of facing liver cancer and dying from chronic liver disease. The observational study, headed by Brigham and Women’s Hospital researchers in the United States, involved 98,786 postmenopausal women from the prospective Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study. The WHI study focuses on postmenopausal women’s prevention of heart disease, breast and colorectal cancer, and osteoporosis.
The 6.8 percent of women who used one or more sugary drinks daily had an 85 percent increased risk of liver cancer and a 68% increased risk of chronic liver disease mortality, according to the study, which followed women for nearly 20 years. According to the study, this data was compared to individuals who consumed fewer than three sugar-sweetened beverages per month.
Longgang Zhao’s statement
Longgang Zhao, first author of the study published in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) Network Open said, “To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to show a link between sugar-sweetened beverage use and chronic liver disease mortality. If our findings are verified, they could open the way for a public health policy based on data from a large and geographically diversified cohort to lower the risk of liver disease.”
The study included self-reported cases
Following a three-year period, the women participants reported drinking their typical amounts of soft drinks, fruit drinks (excluding fruit juice), and artificially sweetened beverages. They had a median follow-up period of more than 20 years. The study included self-reported cases of liver cancer and deaths from chronic liver conditions such as cirrhosis, fibrosis, or chronic hepatitis that were also corroborated by death certificates or medical records.
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