Changes in Lifestyle Factors After Endoscopic Screening: A Prospective Study in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Endoscopic screening and adherence to a healthy lifestyle are major avenues for colorectal cancer (CRC) prevention. We investigated changes in lifestyles after endoscopic screening.

Methods

We drew data from 76,303 pairs of time- and age-matched individuals who had and had not, respectively, reported first time endoscopic screening, in the 3 cohorts (Nurses' Health Study I and II and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study). Detailed information was collected every 2-4 years on endoscopy screening, 12 lifestyle factors (including smoking, physical activity, regular use of aspirin/nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, body weight, and 8 dietary factors), and adherence to a healthy lifestyle based on a score defined by 5 major lifestyle factors (smoking, alcohol, b

SUBMITTER: Knudsen MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8743303 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature