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ArticleNutrition and cancer2015

Racial differences in obesity measures and risk of colorectal adenomas in a large screening population.

Caitlin C Murphy, Christopher F Martin, Robert S Sandler

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Article in Nutrition and cancer, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Caitlin C Murphya Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Public Health , The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina , USA.
Christopher F Martin
Robert S Sandler
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

PILOT AND FEASIBILITY STUDIESP30DK034987 · NIDDK · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ANTHONY BLIKSLAGER · 1985 to 2026
$30.5M
DIGESTIVE DISEASES EPIDEMIOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAMT32DK007634 · NIDDK · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ROBERT S. SANDLER · 1990 to 2026
$7.4M
RISK FACTORS FOR COLON ADENOMASR01CA044684 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI SANDLER, ROBERT S. · 1988 to 2010
$4.6M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA044684NCI NIH HHS R01 CA44684NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK034987NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007634NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK07634
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity is an important risk factor for colorectal neoplasia; however, little research exists on racial differences in obesity measures [body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and waist-hip-ratio (WHR)] associated with adenoma. We used data from the Diet and Health Studies, Phases III-V to examine differences in the contribution of obesity measures to adenoma risk by race. The sample consisted of 2184 patients (1806 white, 378 African American) undergoing outpatient colonoscopy for average risk screening. Covariates included demographics, health history, and validated measures of diet and physical activity. Among whites, BMI [overweight: odds ratio (OR) = 1.31, 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.00-1.71; obese: OR = 1.89, 95% CI, 1.41-2.56), WC (OR = 1.47, 95% CI, 1.09-1.99), and WHR (OR = 1.60, 95% CI, 1.24-2.06) were associated with adenomas. BMI was not associated with adenomas in African Americans. Although the CIs were wide, the point estimates for WHR (OR = 1.07, 95% CI, 0.51-2.22) and WC (OR = 1.04, 95% CI, 0.56-1.92) were slightly elevated above the null. BMI was associated with adenomas only among whites, whereas WHR and WC appeared to be important risk factors among both races. Racial differences in adenoma risk may be due to differences in body shape and weight and/or fat distribution.

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Health Status DisparitiesAdenomaAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBlack or African AmericanBody Mass IndexColonoscopyColorectal NeoplasmsCross-Sectional StudiesEarly Detection of CancerFemaleHospitals, UniversityHumansMaleMiddle Aged

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PMCPMC4281505
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