Prospective Study of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Incidence of Colon and Rectal Cancers
"Prospective Study of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Incidenceof Colon and Rectal Cancers" by Michels et al. Table 1: Thecorrect distribution of vegetable consumption among the menin 1986 was 1 serving of vegetables per day: 5910 men; 2 servingsper day: 11 797 men; 3 servings per day: 11 097 men; 4 servingsper day: 7812 men; 5 servings per day: 10 699 men. Errors alsooccurred in Tables 2 and 3. The correct RR of colon cancer amongmen for one additional serving of vegetables per day is 1.03(95% CI = 0.97 to 1.10) and for one additional serving of fruitsand vegetables per day is 1.04 (95% CI = 0.99 to 1.08). Thecorrected tables are available in the electronic version ofthe Journal (http://www.jnci.oupjounals.org). None of the errorsalters the interpretation of the data or the authors' conclusions.The authors regret the errors.