Childhood socioeconomic status, healthy lifestyle, and colon cancer risk in a cohort of U.S. women.

ABSTRACT: Colon cancer is the third most common cancer in the US. While the socioeconomic status -health gradient has been established, findings linking adult socioeconomic status to colon cancer incidence specifically are mixed. Considering childhood socioeconomic status (CSES) and relevant risk factors, including related lifestyle behaviors, may provide more insight. At baseline in 1976, women from the Nurses' Health Study reported CSES as defined by parents' occupation when participants were age 16. Lifestyle-related factors (i.e., physical activity, body mass index, diet, alcohol, and tobacco consumption) were self-reported in 1988 or 1990, and every 4 years thereafter until 2016. Cox regression models estimated hazards ratio (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of adopting an unhealthy lifes

SUBMITTER: Guimond AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9296544 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature