Multiethnic studies of diet, nutrition, and XXXX in Hawaii.

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Epidemiologic studies of diet and @entity5 have been facilitated in Hawaii by the multiethnic composition of its population and the consequent heterogeneity in dietary intakes. Studies of migrant populations, particularly the Japanese, have firmly supported the conclusions that environmental factors are of predominant etiologic significance for most major sites of @entity5 , and that these factors may exert their influences at particular periods of life. Recent observations on Filipino migrants reproduce most of the findings in the Japanese, although they do not show the same abrupt increase in @entity694 rates to the high levels found in Caucasians. Data on dietary intakes in these populations support several of the prevailing hypotheses regarding the etiology of certain @entity1820 . Several case-control studies of diet and @entity5 have been completed or are ongoing in Hawaii. Some of these have included comparable studies in Japan, but the findings in Hawaii have generally not been reproduced in Japan. Weak associations with dietary fat have been found in Hawaii for @entity0 (particularly in Japanese @entity1 ) and for @entity263 (particularly in @entity1 greater than or equal to 70 years of age). @entity904 (especially carotene) has been shown to be inversely associated with @entity2 risk in @entity1 , but positively associated with @entity263 risk in older @entity1 . @entity620 may be inversely related to @entity150 risk, but has shown no relationship to lung or @entity263 risk. These and other findings are discussed in terms of future needs for epidemiologic research in this field.
