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Components of the metabolic syndrome and colorectal cancer risk; a prospective study

Stocks, T. LU ; Lukanova, A. ; Johansson, M. LU ; Rinaldi, S. ; Palmqvist, R. ; Hallmans, G. ; Kaaks, R. and Stattin, P. (2008) In International Journal of Obesity 32(2). p.304-314
Abstract

Objective: To examine the relation of well-known factors of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) as well as related circulating factors, with risk of colorectal cancer. Methods: We performed a case control study of 306 colorectal cancer cases and 595 matched controls nested in the Northern Sweden Health and Disease Cohort. Levels of C-peptide, glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c), leptin and adiponectin were measured in cryopreserved samples. Body mass index (BMI), systolic and diastolic blood pressure and fasting and post-load plasma glucose, had been measured in a subcohort. Conditional logistic regression was used to calculate odds ratios (OR) of disease, including risk assessments for the MetS factors: obesity (BMI>30 kg m-2),... (More)

Objective: To examine the relation of well-known factors of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) as well as related circulating factors, with risk of colorectal cancer. Methods: We performed a case control study of 306 colorectal cancer cases and 595 matched controls nested in the Northern Sweden Health and Disease Cohort. Levels of C-peptide, glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c), leptin and adiponectin were measured in cryopreserved samples. Body mass index (BMI), systolic and diastolic blood pressure and fasting and post-load plasma glucose, had been measured in a subcohort. Conditional logistic regression was used to calculate odds ratios (OR) of disease, including risk assessments for the MetS factors: obesity (BMI>30 kg m-2), hypertension (blood pressure ≥140/90 mmHg or use of anti-hypertensive drugs) and hyperglycaemia (fasting glucose ≥6.1 mmol l-1 or post-load glucose in capillary plasma ≥8.9 mmol l-1). Results: None of the studied variables were significantly associated with risk across quartiles. Presence of obesity, hypertension and hyperglycaemia significantly increased the risk of colorectal cancer; OR for three vs null factors was 2.57 (95% Confidence Interval [CI] 1.20-5.52; P trend=0.0021), as compared to a 30 to 70% increased risk for the factors in single. Similarly, top decile levels of C-peptide, HbA1c and leptin/adiponectin ratio were associated with an increased risk; ORs for top vs deciles 1-9 were 1.56 (95% CI 0.93-2.62; P=0.090), 1.83 (95% CI 1.00-3.36; P=0.051) and 1.50 (95% CI 0.83-2.71; P=0.18), respectively. Conclusions: Our study support the view that components of the MetS increase risk of colorectal cancer, and further suggests that only very high levels of metabolic factors confer an increased risk.

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Blood glucose, C-peptide, Colorectal neoplasms, Insulin resistance, Leptin
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International Journal of Obesity
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32
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2
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11 pages
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Nature Publishing Group
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0307-0565
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10.1038/sj.ijo.0803713
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English
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  author       = {{Stocks, T. and Lukanova, A. and Johansson, M. and Rinaldi, S. and Palmqvist, R. and Hallmans, G. and Kaaks, R. and Stattin, P.}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
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  publisher    = {{Nature Publishing Group}},
  series       = {{International Journal of Obesity}},
  title        = {{Components of the metabolic syndrome and colorectal cancer risk; a prospective study}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijo.0803713}},
  doi          = {{10.1038/sj.ijo.0803713}},
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