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Pietro Ferrari
Researcher at International Agency for Research on Cancer
Publications - 279
Citations - 27371
Pietro Ferrari is an academic researcher from International Agency for Research on Cancer. The author has contributed to research in topics: European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 77, co-authored 260 publications receiving 23998 citations. Previous affiliations of Pietro Ferrari include University of Amsterdam & European Food Safety Authority.
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General and abdominal adiposity and risk of death in Europe.
Tobias Pischon,Heiner Boeing,Kurt Hoffmann,M. Bergmann,Matthias B. Schulze,Kim Overvad,Y. T. van der Schouw,Elizabeth A Spencer,Karel G.M. Moons,Anne Tjønneland,Jytte Halkjær,Majken K. Jensen,Jakob Stegger,Françoise Clavel-Chapelon,M. C. Boutron-Ruault,V. Chajes,Jakob Linseisen,Rudolf Kaaks,Antonia Trichopoulou,Dimitrios Trichopoulos,Christina Bamia,Sabina Sieri,Domenico Palli,Rosario Tumino,Paolo Vineis,Paolo Vineis,Salvatore Panico,Petra H.M. Peeters,A. M. May,H. B. Bueno-de-Mesquita,F. J. B. van Duijnhoven,Göran Hallmans,Lars Weinehall,Jonas Manjer,Bo Hedblad,Eiliv Lund,Antonio Agudo,L. Arriola,Aurelio Barricarte,Carmen Navarro,Carlos Martinez,J. R. Quirós,Timothy J. Key,Sheila Bingham,Kay-Tee Khaw,Paolo Boffetta,Mazda Jenab,Pietro Ferrari,Elio Riboli +48 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that both general adiposity and abdominal adiposity are associated with the risk of death and support the use of waist circumference or waist-to-hip ratio in addition to BMI in assessing therisk of death.
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European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC): study populations and data collection
Elio Riboli,Kelly J. Hunt,Nadia Slimani,Pietro Ferrari,Teresa Norat,Michael T. Fahey,Charrondière Ur,Bertrand Hémon,Corinne Casagrande,Jérôme Vignat,Kim Overvad,Anne Tjønneland,Françoise Clavel-Chapelon,Anne C. M. Thiébaut,Jürgen Wahrendorf,Heiner Boeing,Dimitrios Trichopoulos,Dimitrios Trichopoulos,Antonia Trichopoulou,Paolo Vineis,Domenico Palli,H. B. Bueno-De-Mesquita,Petra H.M. Peeters,Eiliv Lund,Dagrun Engeset,Carlos A. González,Aurelio Barricarte,Göran Berglund,Göran Hallmans,Nicholas E. Day,Timothy J. Key,Rudolf Kaaks,R. Saracci +32 more
TL;DR: The present paper provides a description of theEPIC study, with the aim of simplifying reference to it in future papers reporting substantive or methodological studies carried out in the EPIC cohort.
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Dietary fibre in food and protection against colorectal cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC): an observational study
Sheila Bingham,Nicholas E. Day,Robert Luben,Pietro Ferrari,Nadia Slimani,Teresa Norat,Françoise Clavel-Chapelon,Emmanuelle Kesse,Alexandra Nieters,Heiner Boeing,Anne Tjϕnneland,Kim Overvad,Carmen Martinez,Miren Dorronsoro,Carlos A. González,Timothy J. Key,Antonia Trichopoulou,Androniki Naska,Paolo Vineis,Rosario Tumino,Vittorio Krogh,H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita,Petra H.M. Peeters,Göran Berglund,Göran Hallmans,Eiliv Lund,Guri Skeie,Rudolf Kaaks,Elio Riboli +28 more
TL;DR: Dietary fibre in foods was inversely related to incidence of large bowel cancer, with the protective effect being greatest for the left side of the colon, and least for the rectum.
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Meat, Fish, and Colorectal Cancer Risk: The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition
Teresa Norat,Sheila Bingham,Pietro Ferrari,Nadia Slimani,Mazda Jenab,Mathieu Mazuir,Kim Overvad,Kim Overvad,Anja Olsen,Anne Tjønneland,Françoise Clavel,Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault,Emmanuelle Kesse,Heiner Boeing,Manuela M. Bergmann,Alexandra Nieters,Jakob Linseisen,Antonia Trichopoulou,Dimitrios Trichopoulos,Yannis Tountas,Franco Berrino,Domenico Palli,Salvatore Panico,Rosario Tumino,Paolo Vineis,Paolo Vineis,H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita,Petra H.M. Peeters,Dagrun Engeset,Eiliv Lund,Guri Skeie,Eva Ardanaz,Carlos González,Carmen Navarro,J. Ramón Quirós,María José Sánchez,Göran Berglund,Iréne Mattisson,Göran Hallmans,Richard Palmqvist,Nicholas E. Day,Kay-Tee Khaw,Timothy J. Key,Bertrand Hémon,Rodolfo Saracci,Rudolf Kaaks,Elio Riboli +46 more
TL;DR: It is confirmed that colorectal cancer risk is positively associated with high consumption of red and processed meat and support an inverse association with fish intake.
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Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption: combined analysis of individual-participant data for 599 912 current drinkers in 83 prospective studies
Angela M. Wood,Stephen Kaptoge,Adam S. Butterworth,Peter Willeit,Samantha Warnakula,Thomas Bolton,Ellie Paige,Dirk S. Paul,Michael J. Sweeting,Stephen Burgess,Steven Bell,William J. Astle,David Stevens,Albert Koulman,Randi Selmer,W. M. Monique Verschuren,Shinichi Sato,Inger Njølstad,Mark Woodward,Mark Woodward,Mark Woodward,Veikko Salomaa,Børge G. Nordestgaard,Børge G. Nordestgaard,Bu B. Yeap,Bu B. Yeap,Bu B. Yeap,Astrid E. Fletcher,Olle Melander,Lewis H. Kuller,B. Balkau,Michael Marmot,Wolfgang Koenig,Wolfgang Koenig,Edoardo Casiglia,Cyrus Cooper,Volker Arndt,Oscar H. Franco,Patrik Wennberg,John Gallacher,Agustín Gómez de la Cámara,Henry Völzke,Christina C. Dahm,Caroline Dale,Manuela M. Bergmann,Carlos J. Crespo,Yvonne T. van der Schouw,Rudolf Kaaks,Leon A. Simons,Pagona Lagiou,Pagona Lagiou,Josje D. Schoufour,Jolanda M. A. Boer,Timothy J. Key,Beatriz L. Rodriguez,Conchi Moreno-Iribas,Karina W. Davidson,James O. Taylor,Carlotta Sacerdote,Robert B. Wallace,J. Ramón Quirós,Rosario Tumino,Dan G. Blazer,Allan Linneberg,Makoto Daimon,Salvatore Panico,Barbara V. Howard,Guri Skeie,Timo E. Strandberg,Timo E. Strandberg,Elisabete Weiderpass,Paul J. Nietert,Bruce M. Psaty,Bruce M. Psaty,Daan Kromhout,Elena Salamanca-Fernández,Stefan Kiechl,Harlan M. Krumholz,Sara Grioni,Domenico Palli,José María Huerta,Jackie F. Price,Johan Sundström,Larraitz Arriola,Hisatomi Arima,Hisatomi Arima,Ruth C. Travis,Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos,Anna Karakatsani,Antonia Trichopoulou,Tilman Kühn,Diederick E. Grobbee,Elizabeth Barrett-Connor,Natasja M. van Schoor,Heiner Boeing,Kim Overvad,Kim Overvad,Jussi Kauhanen,Nicholas J. Wareham,Claudia Langenberg,Nita G. Forouhi,Maria Wennberg,Jean-Pierre Després,Mary Cushman,Jackie A. Cooper,Carlos J. Rodriguez,Carlos J. Rodriguez,Masaru Sakurai,Jonathan E. Shaw,Matthew Knuiman,Trudy Voortman,Christa Meisinger,Anne Tjønneland,Hermann Brenner,Hermann Brenner,Luigi Palmieri,Jean Dallongeville,Eric J. Brunner,Gerd Assmann,Maurizio Trevisan,Richard F. Gillum,Ian Ford,Naveed Sattar,Mariana Lazo,Simon G. Thompson,Pietro Ferrari,David A. Leon,George Davey Smith,Richard Peto,Rod Jackson,Emily Banks,Emanuele Di Angelantonio,John Danesh +132 more
TL;DR: Current drinkers of alcohol in high-income countries, the threshold for lowest risk of all-cause mortality was about 100 g/week, and data support limits for alcohol consumption that are lower than those recommended in most current guidelines.