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A pooled analysis of smoking and colorectal cancer: timing of exposure and interactions with environmental factors.


ABSTRACT: Considerable evidence suggests that cigarette smoking is associated with a higher risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). What is unclear, however, is the impact of quitting smoking on risk attenuation and whether other risk factors for CRC modify this association.We conducted a pooled analysis of eight studies, including 6,796 CRC cases and 7,770 controls, to evaluate the association between cigarette smoking history and CRC risk and to investigate potential effect modification by other risk factors.Current smokers [OR, 1.26; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.11-1.43] and former smokers (OR, 1.18; 95% CI, 1.09-1.27), relative to never smokers, showed higher risks of CRC. Former smokers remained at higher CRC risk, relative to never smokers, for up to about 25 years after quitting. The impact of time since quitting varied by cancer subsite: The excess risk due to smoking decreased immediately after quitting for proximal colon and rectal cancer but not until about 20 years post-quitting for distal colon cancer. Furthermore, we observed borderline statistically significant additive interactions between smoking status and body mass index [BMI; relative excess risk due to interaction (RERI]), 0.15; 95% CI, -0.01 to 0.31; P = 0.06] and significant additive interaction between smoking status and fruit consumption (RERI, 0.16; 95% CI, 0.01-0.30; P = 0.04).CRC risk remained increased for about 25 years after quitting smoking, and the pattern of decline in risk varied by cancer subsite. BMI and fruit intake modified the risk associated with smoking.These results contribute to a better understanding of the mechanisms through which smoking impacts CRC etiology.

SUBMITTER: Gong J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3493822 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A pooled analysis of smoking and colorectal cancer: timing of exposure and interactions with environmental factors.

Gong Jian J   Hutter Carolyn C   Baron John A JA   Berndt Sonja S   Caan Bette B   Campbell Peter T PT   Casey Graham G   Chan Andrew T AT   Cotterchio Michelle M   Fuchs Charles S CS   Gallinger Steven S   Giovannucci Edward E   Harrison Tabitha T   Hayes Richard R   Hsu Li L   Jiao Shuo S   Lin Yi Y   Lindor Noralane M NM   Newcomb Polly P   Pflugeisen Bethann B   Phipps Amanda I AI   Rohan Thomas T   Schoen Robert R   Seminara Daniela D   Slattery Martha L ML   Stelling Deanna D   Thomas Fridtjof F   Warnick Greg G   White Emily E   Potter John J   Peters Ulrike U  

Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 20120920 11


<h4>Background</h4>Considerable evidence suggests that cigarette smoking is associated with a higher risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). What is unclear, however, is the impact of quitting smoking on risk attenuation and whether other risk factors for CRC modify this association.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a pooled analysis of eight studies, including 6,796 CRC cases and 7,770 controls, to evaluate the association between cigarette smoking history and CRC risk and to investigate potential effect m  ...[more]

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