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Plasma fatty acids and risk of colon and rectal cancers in the Singapore Chinese Health Study.

ABSTRACT: Fatty acid composition in plasma captures both dietary intake and endogenous synthesis. Prospective analyses of plasma fatty acid composition are needed to establish the role of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) on risk of developing colorectal cancer. To evaluate associations between plasma fatty acid composition and colon or rectal cancer risk separately, a nested case-control study of 350 colorectal (211 colon and 139 rectal) cancer cases and an equal number of individually matched control subjects was conducted within the Singapore Chinese Health Study, a cohort of 63,257 men and women recruited between 1993 and 1998. Fatty acids in pre-diagnostic plasma were quantified using gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Conditional odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) comparing highest to lowest quartiles are presented. For colon cancer, inverse associations were reported with higher essential PUFAs, ?-linolenic acid (OR?=?0.41; 95% CI: 0.23, 0.73; Ptrend?=?0.005) and linoleic acid (OR?=?0.43; 95% CI: 0.23, 0.82; Ptrend?=?0.008). Higher desaturase activity in the n-6 PUFA synthesis pathway estimated by the arachidonic:linoleic acid ratio was associated with increased colon cancer risk (OR?=?3.53; 95% CI: 1.82, 6.85; Ptrend?=?0.006), whereas higher desaturase activity in the MUFA synthesis pathway estimated by the oleic:stearic acid ratio was associated with decreased colon cancer risk (OR?=?0.42; 95% CI: 0.19, 0.92; Ptrend?=?0.024). There was no significant association between the essential fatty acids or the desaturase indices and rectal cancer risk. Endogenous synthesis of arachidonic and oleic acids has an impact on colon cancer development.

SUBMITTER: Butler LM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5871823 | biostudies-other | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Plasma fatty acids and risk of colon and rectal cancers in the Singapore Chinese Health Study.

Butler Lesley M LM Yuan Jian-Min JM Huang Joyce Yongxu JY Su Jin J Wang Renwei R Koh Woon-Puay WP Ong Choon-Nam CN

NPJ precision oncology 20171123 1

Fatty acid composition in plasma captures both dietary intake and endogenous synthesis. Prospective analyses of plasma fatty acid composition are needed to establish the role of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) on risk of developing colorectal cancer. To evaluate associations between plasma fatty acid composition and colon or rectal cancer risk separately, a nested case-control study of 350 colorectal (211 colon and 139 rectal) cancer cases and an equal ...[more]

PMID: 29872717

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Plasma fatty acids and risk of colon and rectal cancers in the Singapore Chinese Health Study.

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Plasma fatty acids and risk of colon and rectal cancers in the Singapore Chinese Health Study.

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