Association between dietary intake of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and risk of colorectal cancer in the Japanese population : The Japan Collaborative Cohort Study

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BACKGROUND: Epidemiological studies of the dietary intake of specific n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) and anatomical subsite-specific colorectal cancer (CRC) are limited. We examined the prospective associations of total n-3 PUFA, marine-derived n-3 PUFA [combined eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), docosapentaenoic acid (DPA), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)], and alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) as plant-derived n-3 PUFA with the risk of CRC by subsite in the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study.

METHODS: The participants completed a self-administered food frequency questionnaire and had no prior history of CRC. Cox proportional hazards model was used to determine the associations between n-3 PUFAs intake and CRC risk overall and by anatomical subsite.

RESULTS: During the median 13.8-year follow-up period, 699 of the 42,536 participants aged 40-79 years developed incident CRC. An inverse association was found between dietary ALA intake and the risk of distal colon cancer; the multivariable hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals for the highest quartiles (Q4) were 0.41 (0.21-0.81; p trend = 0.01) compared with the lowest quartiles (Q1). Marine n-3 PUFA intake was not associated with CRC risk in the overall or anatomical subsite-specific analyses.

CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that higher ALA intake may be beneficial for lowering the risk of distal colon cancer.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Cancer medicine - 12(2023), 4 vom: 24. Feb., Seite 4690-4700

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kato, Ayako [VerfasserIn]
Okada, Chika [VerfasserIn]
Eshak, Ehab S [VerfasserIn]
Iso, Hiroyasu [VerfasserIn]
Tamakoshi, Akiko [VerfasserIn]
JACC Study Group [VerfasserIn]

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Alpha-linolenic acid
Colorectal cancer
Fatty Acids, Omega-3
Fatty Acids, Unsaturated
Japan
Journal Article
N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid
Prospective study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 02.03.2023

Date Revised 17.03.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/cam4.5098

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM34465866X