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trans-Fatty acid consumption and its association with distal colorectal cancer in the North Carolina Colon Cancer Study II

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Recently, the potential health effects of trans-fatty acid consumption have raised concerns. A few studies have examined the risk of colorectal cancer with increasing consumption of trans-fatty acids, but none investigated the risk of rectal cancer, which may have different risk factors than colon cancer. Our objective was to explore the relationship between trans-fatty acid consumption and distal colorectal (sigmoid, rectosigmoid, and rectal) cancer using a case–control study of Whites (n = 1,516) and African Americans (n = 392) in North Carolina from 2001 to 2006. Matched cases and controls were interviewed about demographic information, lifestyle factors, and diet. White cases reported higher mean consumption of trans-fatty acid than White controls, but mean consumption was similar for African American cases and controls. Relative to the lowest quartile, the highest quartiles of energy-adjusted trans-fatty acid consumption were positively associated with distal colorectal cancer for Whites [adjusted ORs for the third and fourth quartiles are 1.54 (95%CI: 1.12, 2.13) and 1.45 (95%CI: 1.04, 2.03), respectively]. Consumption was not associated with distal colorectal cancer in African Americans [adjusted ORs for the third and fourth quartiles are 0.98 (95%CI: 0.47, 2.05) and 0.87 (95%CI 0.42, 1.81), respectively]. In conclusion, high consumption of trans-fatty acids was positively associated with distal colorectal cancer among Whites.

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Grant support was received from the National Institutes of Health (P30DK34987, R01CA66635, T32DK07634).

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  1. Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Lisa C. Vinikoor, Robert C. Millikan, Jessie A. Satia & Jane C. Schroeder

  2. Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB#7555, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7555, USA

    Lisa C. Vinikoor, Jessie A. Satia, Christopher F. Martin & Robert S. Sandler

  3. Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Jessie A. Satia

  4. Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Joseph G. Ibrahim

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Vinikoor, L.C., Millikan, R.C., Satia, J.A. et al. trans-Fatty acid consumption and its association with distal colorectal cancer in the North Carolina Colon Cancer Study II. Cancer Causes Control 21, 171–180 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-009-9447-3

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