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Re: Carbonated Soft Drink Consumption and Risk of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
Correspondence to: Mohandas K. Mallath, MD, Department of Digestive Diseases and Clinical Nutrition, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India (e-mail: mohandaskm@vsnl.net).
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In the recent study by Mayne et al. (1), consumption of carbonated soft drinks (CSD) was positively associated with gastroesophageal reflux (GER) and inversely associated with adenocarcinoma of the esophagus. Likewise, in 1997, this study group had reported statistically significantly reduced risks for adenocarcinoma of the esophagus in wine drinkers (odds ratio [OR] = 0.6, 95% confidence interval [CI]
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J Natl Cancer Inst 2006 98: 646-647.