Adherence to dietary recommendations and colorectal cancer risk: results from two prospective cohort studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding the association between diet and colorectal cancer (CRC) risk is essential to curbing the epidemic of this cancer. This study prospectively evaluated adherence to the Chinese Food Pagoda (CHFP), and two American Dietary Guidelines: the Alternative Healthy Eating Index (AHEI-2010) and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) in association with CRC risk among Chinese adults living in urban Shanghai, China.

Methods

Participants included 60 161 men and 72 445 women aged 40-74, from two ongoing population-based prospective cohort studies. Associations between dietary guideline compliance scores and CRC risk were evaluated by Cox proportional hazard regression analyses, with age as time metric, and potential confounders were adjusted.

Results

SUBMITTER: Nguyen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7124505 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature