Association of ultra-processed food consumption with colorectal cancer risk among men and women: results from three prospective US cohort studies.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the association between consumption of ultra-processed foods and risk of colorectal cancer among men and women from three large prospective cohorts.

Design

Prospective cohort study with dietary intake assessed every four years using food frequency questionnaires.

Setting

Three large US cohorts.

Participants

Men (n= 46 341) from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (1986-2014) and women (n=159 907) from the Nurses' Health Study (1986-2014; n=67 425) and the Nurses' Health Study II (1991-2015; n=92 482) with valid dietary intake measurement and no cancer diagnosis at baseline.

Main outcome measure

Association between ultra-processed food consumption and risk of colorectal cancer, estimated using time varying Cox proportional hazard

SUBMITTER: Wang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9430376 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature