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High serum folate might have a potential dual effect on risk of colorectal cancer
- Source :
- Clinical Nutrition. 34:986-990
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2015.
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Abstract
- Summary Background & aims The possible dual role of serum folate in the development and progression of colorectal cancer (CRC) has not been well established in human studies. This study investigated the association between serum folate and the risk of CRC in subjects with CRC or colorectal adenomatous polyps (AP, a precursor of CRC), and healthy subjects. Methods This study has a case–control design. Two hundred and thirty-seven men and 171 women were recruited with 156 subjects in the CRC group, 70 subjects in the AP group and 182 healthy subjects in the control group. Results The risk of CRC was significantly increased in the third (OR, 3.46; 95% CI, 1.16–10.34) and fourth (OR, 4.86; 95% CI, 1.42–16.58) quartiles of serum folate concentration after adjusting for potential confounders among subjects with AP or CRC. Furthermore, serum folate concentration had no significant effect on the risk of CRC among subjects in the control and CRC groups. Conclusions Higher serum folate concentration was significantly correlated with increased CRC risk in subjects with AP, while serum folate had no effect on CRC risk in healthy controls. Serum folate might possess potential dual modulatory effects on the risk of CRC.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Oncology
medicine.medical_specialty
Homocysteine
Colorectal cancer
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
Body Mass Index
chemistry.chemical_compound
Folic Acid
Risk Factors
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
neoplasms
Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2)
Aged
Nutrition and Dietetics
biology
Human studies
business.industry
High serum
Confounding
Dual effect
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
digestive system diseases
Logistic Models
chemistry
Quartile
Case-Control Studies
Pyridoxal Phosphate
Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase
Immunology
biology.protein
Female
Colorectal Neoplasms
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 02615614
- Volume :
- 34
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Clinical Nutrition
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a858d44a2f0e5f89f82c8d5ffbee76c6