date:Dec 27, 2012
follow-up, 428 incident lung cancer cases were identified. T he medianintakes of dietary calcium, phosphorus and magnesium were 441, 935 and 266 mg/day respectively.
Intakes of dietary calcium, phosphorus and the calcium to magnesium ratio were all inversely associatedwith lung cancer risk.
Specifically, nonsmoking women in the highest quartiles of dietary calcium intake, phosphorus intake andthe ratio of calcium to magnesium were 24, 45 and 38 percent less likely to develop lung cancer,respe