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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
Volume 172, Issue 10, Pages 1166-1180Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq258
Keywords
adenoma; body mass index; body weight changes; cohort studies; colon; descending; colorectal neoplasms; obesity; waist circumference
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- Mutuelle Generale de l'Education Nationale (MGEN)
- European Community
- French League against Cancer (LNCC)
- Gustave Roussy Institute (IGR)
- French Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM)
- World Cancer Research Fund [2007/14]
- French Research Ministry
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Anthropometric factors have been associated with colorectal cancer and adenomas but with conflicting results in women or regarding adenoma characteristics. The authors aimed to explore associations between anthropometric factors (height, weight, body mass index, waist and hip circumferences, and weight changes) and adenoma risk. They analyzed the 17,391 women of the French Etude epidemiologique des femmes de la Mutuelle Generale de l'Education Nationale (E3N)-European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort who underwent a colonoscopy during follow-up (1993-2002), including 1,408 who developed a first colorectal adenoma. In Cox multivariate proportional hazard regression models, obesity was associated with an increased colorectal adenoma risk (hazard ratio = 1.53, 95% confidence interval: 1.21, 1.94). This association was restricted to left colon adenomas (P-homogeneity = 0.05 and 0.01 for colon vs. rectum and right vs. left colon, respectively), with a dose-effect relation observed from 22 kg/m(2). A high waist circumference was also associated with left colon adenoma risk (hazard ratio = 1.81, 95% confidence interval: 1.36, 2.41). Mean weight gain over 0.5 kg/year was associated with a 23% increased colorectal adenoma risk. Associations did not differ between advanced and nonadvanced adenomas. In conclusion, study findings suggest that obesity and weight gain are associated with early colorectal carcinogenesis in women, and specifically regarding the distal colon.
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