Blood lipid and lipoprotein concentrations and colorectal cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition.

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OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between serum concentrations of total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL), low density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, apolipoprotein A-I (apoA), apolipoprotein B and the incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC). DESIGN: Nested case-control study. SETTING: The study was conducted within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC), a cohort of more than 520,000 participants from 10 western European countr...

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Authors: van Duijnhoven, F; Bueno-De-Mesquita, H; Calligaro, M; Jenab, M; Pischon, T

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Gut
• Volume: 60
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 1094-1102
• Publication date: 2011-08-01
• DOI: 10.1136/gut.2010.225011
• EISSN: 1468-3288
• ISSN: 0017-5749
• Language: English
• Keywords: Middle Aged; Patient Education as Topic; Lipids; Prognosis; Body Mass Index; Male; Lipoproteins; Nutrition Surveys; Aged; Europe; Nephelometry and Turbidimetry; Questionnaires; Follow-Up Studies; Colorimetry; Female; Prospective Studies; Humans; Colorectal Neoplasms; Incidence; Tumor Markers, Biological; Risk Factors