Favorable lifestyle before diagnosis associated with lower risk of screen-detected advanced colorectal neoplasia.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To investigate the association between adherence to health recommendations and detection of advanced colorectal neoplasia (ACN) in colorectal cancer (CRC) screening.

Methods

A total of 14832 women and men were invited to CRC screening, 6959 in the fecal immunochemical test arm and 7873 in the flexible sigmoidoscopy arm. These were also sent a self-reported lifestyle questionnaire to be completed prior to their first CRC screening. A lifestyle score was created to reflect current adherence to healthy behaviors in regard to smoking, body mass index, physical activity, alcohol consumption and food consumption, and ranged from zero (poorest) to six (best). Odds ratios (ORs) and 95%CIs were calculated using multivariable logistic regression to evaluate the association between

SUBMITTER: Knudsen MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4945986 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature