Association of isoflavone biomarkers with risk of chronic disease and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

Isoflavones have been suggested to play a role in disease prevention. The accuracy of assessing exposure to isoflavones might be improved by using them as biomarkers.A systematic review of observational studies on the association of isoflavone biomarkers with the risk of chronic disease and mortality was conducted. Meta-analyses of specific biomarker and disease combinations were performed.PubMed and Web of Science databases were searched.Two...