Type 2 Diabetes and Colorectal Cancer Risk.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Type 2 diabetes and colorectal cancer (CRC) disproportionately burden indviduals of low socioeconomic status and African American race. Although diabetes is an emerging CRC risk factor, associations between diabetes and CRC in these populations are understudied.

Objective

To determine if diabetes is associated with CRC risk in a cohort representing understudied populations.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study uses data from the prospective Southern Community Cohort Study in the US, which recruited from 2002 to 2009 and completed 3 follow-up surveys by 2018. Of about 85 000 participants, 86% enrolled at community health centers, while 14% were enrolled via mail or telephone from the same 12 recruitment states. Participants with less than 2 ye

SUBMITTER: Lawler T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10646729 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature