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Healthy Lifestyle Factors Associated With Lower Risk of Colorectal Cancer Irrespective of Genetic Risk.

ABSTRACT:

Background & aims

The combined effects of healthy lifestyle factors on colorectal cancer (CRC) risk are unclear. We aimed to develop a healthy lifestyle score, to investigate the joint effects of modifiable lifestyle factors on reduction of CRC risk and determine whether associations differ with genetic risk.

Methods

We collected data from a large population-based case-control study in Germany and used multiple logistic regression analyses to examine associations between the healthy lifestyle score (derived from 5 modifiable lifestyle factors: smoking, alcohol consumption, diet, physical activity, and body fatness) and CRC risk. We created a genetic risk score, based on 53 risk variants, to investigate the association of the healthy lifestyle score and risk of CRC, stratified by genetic risk.

Results

We included 4092 patients with CRC and 3032 individuals without CRC (controls) in our analysis. In adjusted models, compared with participants with 0 or 1 healthy lifestyle factor, participants with 2 (odds ratio [OR] 0.85; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.67-1.06), 3 (OR 0.62; 95% CI 0.50-0.77), 4 (OR 0.53; 95% CI 0.42-0.66), or 5 (OR 0.33; 95% CI 0.26-0.43) healthy lifestyle factors had increasingly lower risks of CRC (P trend <.0001). We found no differences among subgroups stratified by genetic risk score, history of colonoscopy, or family history of CRC. Overall, 45% of CRC cases (95% CI 34%-53%) could be attributed to nonadherence to all 5 healthy lifestyle behaviors.

Conclusions

In a large population-based case-control study, we identified a combination of lifestyle factors that appears to reduce risk of CRC, regardless of the patient's genetic profile. These results reinforce the importance of primary prevention of CRC.

SUBMITTER: Carr PR

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6279591 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Healthy Lifestyle Factors Associated With Lower Risk of Colorectal Cancer Irrespective of Genetic Risk.

Carr Prudence R PR Weigl Korbinian K Jansen Lina L Walter Viola V Erben Vanessa V Chang-Claude Jenny J Brenner Hermann H Hoffmeister Michael M

Gastroenterology 20180908 6

<h4>Background & aims</h4>The combined effects of healthy lifestyle factors on colorectal cancer (CRC) risk are unclear. We aimed to develop a healthy lifestyle score, to investigate the joint effects of modifiable lifestyle factors on reduction of CRC risk and determine whether associations differ with genetic risk.<h4>Methods</h4>We collected data from a large population-based case-control study in Germany and used multiple logistic regression analyses to examine associations between the healt ...[more]

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Healthy Lifestyle Factors Associated With Lower Risk of Colorectal Cancer Irrespective of Genetic Risk.

Background & aims

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Healthy Lifestyle Factors Associated With Lower Risk of Colorectal Cancer Irrespective of Genetic Risk.

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