Ultra-processed food consumption and mortality among patients with stages I-III colorectal cancer : a prospective cohort study

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Background: Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are emerging as a risk factor for colorectal cancer (CRC), yet how post-diagnostic UPF intake may impact CRC prognosis remains unexplored.

Methods: Data collected from food frequency questionnaires were used to estimate intakes of total UPFs and UPF subgroups (serving/d) at least 6 months but less than 4 years post-diagnosis among 2498 patients diagnosed with stages I-III CRC within the Nurses' Health Study and Health Professionals Follow-up Study during 1980-2016. Hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of all-cause, CRC- and cardiovascular disease (CVD)-specific mortality in association with UPF consumption were estimated using an inverse probability weighted multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression model, adjusted for confounders.

Findings: The mean (SD) age of patients at diagnosis was 68.5 (9.4) years. A total of 1661 deaths were documented, including 321 from CRC and 335 from CVD. Compared to those in the lowest quintile (median = 3.6 servings/d), patients in the highest quintile (median = 10 servings/d) of post-diagnostic UPF intake had higher CVD mortality (HR = 1.65, 95% CI = 1.13-2.40) but not CRC or all-cause mortality. Among UPF subgroups, higher consumption of fats/condiments/sauces was associated with a higher risk of CVD-specific mortality (highest vs. lowest quintile of intake, HR = 1.96, 95% CI = 1.41-2.73), and higher intake of ice cream/sherbet was associated with an increased risk of CRC-specific mortality (highest vs. lowest quintile, HR = 1.86, 95% CI: 1.33-2.61). No statistically significant association was found between UPF subgroups and overall mortality.

Interpretation: Higher post-diagnostic intake of total UPFs and fats/condiments/sauces in CRC survivors is associated with higher CVD mortality, and higher ice cream/sherbet intake is linked to higher CRC mortality.

Funding: US National Institutes of Health and the American Cancer Society.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:71

Enthalten in:

EClinicalMedicine - 71(2024) vom: 13. Apr., Seite 102572

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hang, Dong [VerfasserIn]
Du, Mengxi [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Lu [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Kai [VerfasserIn]
Fang, Zhe [VerfasserIn]
Khandpur, Neha [VerfasserIn]
Rossato, Sinara Laurini [VerfasserIn]
Steele, Eurídice Martínez [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Andrew T [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Frank B [VerfasserIn]
Meyerhardt, Jeffrey A [VerfasserIn]
Mozaffarian, Dariush [VerfasserIn]
Ogino, Shuji [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Qi [VerfasserIn]
Wong, John B [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Fang Fang [VerfasserIn]
Song, Mingyang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Colorectal cancer survivorship
Journal Article
Longitudinal analysis
Patient care
Post-diagnostic dietary intake

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Date Revised 05.04.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102572

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NLM370615018