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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
Volume 62, Issue 2, Pages 749-756Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-022-03002-x
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Alcohol; Coffee; Colorectal cancer; Mendelian randomization; East Asian population
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This study investigated the causal associations of alcohol and coffee with colorectal cancer (CRC) risk in an East Asian population using Mendelian randomization (MR). The results showed that genetically predicted alcohol use and consumption were positively associated with CRC risk, while genetically predicted coffee consumption was inversely related to CRC risk.
Purpose Previous observational studies have shown that alcohol and coffee were associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) risk, but the causal relationships have not been adequately explored. This study aimed to assess the potential causal associations of alcohol and coffee with CRC risk using Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses in an East Asian population. Methods Publicly available summary-level genome-wide association studies data on ever/never alcohol drinker (n = 165,084), alcohol consumption (n = 58,610), coffee consumption (n = 152,634), and CRC (7062 cases and 195,745 controls) were obtained from the BioBank Japan (BBJ). Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that were significantly related to the exposures were identified as instrumental variables. Five, two, and six SNPs were used for ever/never alcohol drinkers, alcohol consumption, and coffee consumption, respectively. The inverse variance weighted method was used as the main MR method to calculate the odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) of CRC risk per one-unit change in exposures. Results Genetically predicted ever/never alcohol drinkers (OR: 1.08; 95% CI 1.06, 1.11; P < 0.001) and alcohol consumption (OR: 1.39; 95% CI 1.21, 1.60; P < 0.001) were positively associated with CRC risk. Conversely, genetically predicted coffee consumption was inversely related to CRC risk, with an OR (95% CI) of 0.80 (0.64, 0.99) (P = 0.037). Conclusion Genetically predicted alcohol use and consumption were risk factors for CRC while genetically predicted coffee consumption was a protective factor. Our findings highlight the effectiveness of keeping healthy dietary habits to prevent CRC. Further studies with more valid SNPs and CRC cases are needed. Validation of our findings is also recommended.
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