Association of lifestyle and dietary preferences with precancerous serrated polyps: a hospital-based case-control study in Guangzhou, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Precancerous serrated polyps (SPs) are significant precursor lesions of colorectal cancer (CRC), whose development is associated with lifestyle and dietary preferences. However, the relationship between lifestyle, dietary preferences with precancerous SPs remains underexplored in regionally specific cohorts. This study aimed to investigate the risk associations between lifestyle and dietary preferences and precancerous SPs in a hospital-based cohort from Guangzhou, China.

Methods

We conducted a hospital-based case-control study between 2021 and 2023 in Guangzhou, China, including 62 patients with histologically confirmed precancerous SP and 1247 controls. Before colonoscopy, participants completed validated questionnaires assessing demographic characteristics, lif

SUBMITTER: Cheng S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12659119 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature