Association between the neighborhood obesogenic environment and colorectal cancer risk in the Multiethnic Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Information on the role of the neighborhood environment and colorectal cancer risk is limited. We investigated the association between a comprehensive suite of possible obesogenic neighborhood attributes (socioeconomic status, population density, restaurant and retail food environments, numbers of recreational facilities and businesses, commute patterns, traffic density, and street connectivity) and colorectal cancer risk in the Multiethnic Cohort Study.

Methods

Among 81,197 eligible participants living in California (35,397 males and 45,800 females), 1973 incident cases (981 males and 992 females) of invasive colorectal cancer were identified between 1993 and 2010. Separately for males and females, multivariable Cox regression models were used to estimate hazard

SUBMITTER: Canchola AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5660936 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature