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Methods: In this hospital-based case-control study, we included 1340 women (670 controls and 262, 187 and 221 patients with CIN1, CIN2\/3, and cervical cancer, respectively) from the Korean human papillomavirus cohort study. Completed demographic questionnaires and semi-quantitative food-frequency questionnaires were collected. The association of dietary GI and GL with CIN and cervical cancer was estimated using a logistic regression model. Results: The multivariate odds ratios (OR) of the highest compared with the lowest quintile of GL for CIN1 were 2.8 (95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.33\u20135.88). Dietary GI and GL were not associated with CIN2\/3 and cervical cancer. Stratified analyses by body mass index (BMI) indicated a positive association between GI and GL and CIN 1 risk among women with a BMI (in kg\/m2) &lt;23 (OR = 2.94; 95% CI = 1.32\u20136.53; p for trend = 0.031 for GI and OR = 3.15; 95% CI = 1.53\u20136.52; p for trend = 0.013 for GL), but not among those with a BMI of \u226523. A stratification analysis by menopausal status showed that the highest quintile of GI and GL was significantly associated with the risk of CIN1 (OR = 2.91; 95% CI = 1.43\u20135.96; p for trend = 0.005) (OR = 2.96; 95% CI = 1.53\u20135.69; p for trend = 0.023) among premenopausal women. Also, in HPV positive women, dietary GL showed significant CIN1 risk (OR = 2.61; 95% CI = 1.09\u20136.24; p for trend = 0.087). Conclusion: Our case-control study supports the hypothesized associations of dietary GI and GL with increased risk of CIN1. Thus, the consumption of low GI and GL foods plays a significant role in the prevention of cervical carcinogenesis.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nu12123742","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,12,4]],"date-time":"2020-12-04T11:59:00Z","timestamp":1607083140000},"page":"3742","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Associations of Dietary Glycemic Index, Glycemic Load and Carbohydrate with the Risk of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia and Cervical Cancer: A Case-Control Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Sundara Raj","family":"Sreeja","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, National Cancer Center, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si 10408, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sang Soo","family":"Seo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Uterine Cancer, National Cancer Center, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si 10408, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5279-4162","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mi Kyung","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, National Cancer Center, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si 10408, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,12,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"462","DOI":"10.1093\/aje\/kwn347","article-title":"Dietary Glycemic Index, Glycemic Load, and Risk of Cancer: A Prospective Cohort Study","volume":"169","author":"George","year":"2008","journal-title":"Am. 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