“…Four studies divided meat consumption into lowest intake, medium intake, and high intake (15,18,20,22); two studies defined high intake as meat consumption for >7 times/week, medium consumption as 3-5 times/week, and low consumption as <1 time/month (18,20). Two studies classified meat consumption into three groups by quartiles (T1-T3) of energy-adjusted intake among controls (19,23), and one study classified consumption into four groups by quartiles (Q1-Q4) (17). Among these studies, the confirmation of outcome was obtained from the cancer registry.…”