| Disease | ABSTRACT WE CONDUCTED A PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY TO EVALUATE THE PREVENTIVE EFFECT OF GINSENG ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF CANCER IN THE POPULATION OVER 40 YEARS OLD RESIDING IN KANGWHA-EUP FROM AUGUST 1987 TO DECEMBER 1992 AMONG 4,634 PERSONS(2,362 ME
2,272 WOMEN), 335 (7.6%) PERSONS HAD DIED. CANCER ACCOUNTED FOR 79 (22.8%) OF THE TOTAL DEATH. OF 4,634 PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR ANALYSIS, 70.4% (3,263) WERE GINSENG INTAKERS. GINSENG INTAKERS HAD A DECREASED RISK (RR=0.48, 95% CI: 0.34 -0.67)
COMPARED WITH NON-INTAKERS. THE RELATIVE RISK OF CANCER ACCORDING TO THE KIND OF GINSENG WAS 0.23 (95% CI: 0.08 - 0.63) FOR FREXH GINSENG EXTRACT INTAKERS. THERE WAS A DECREASE IN RISK WITH EISING THE FREQUENCY OF GINSENG INTAKE, SHOWING
STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP. THE LONGER THE DURATION OF GINSENG INTAKE OR THE GREATER THE TOTAL NUMBER OF GINSENG CONSUMED, THE LOWER THE RISK. |