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ArticleSSM - population health2020

Association of change in the neighborhood obesogenic environment with colorectal cancer risk: The Multiethnic Cohort Study.

Yurii B Shvetsov, Salma Shariff-Marco, Juan Yang, Shannon M Conroy, Alison J Canchola, Cheryl L Albright, Song-Yi Park, Kristine R Monroe, Loïc Le Marchand, Scarlett Lin Gomez and 2 more

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Article in SSM - population health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Area-Level Determinants in Colorectal Cancer Spatial Clustering Studies: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  4. The Multiethnic Cohort: A Resource for the Study of Genetic and Nongenetic Cancer Risk across Populations.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Yurii B ShvetsovUniversity of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI, USA.
Salma Shariff-MarcoDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Juan YangDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Shannon M ConroyDepartment of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
Alison J CancholaDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Cheryl L AlbrightUniversity of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI, USA.
Song-Yi ParkUniversity of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI, USA.
Kristine R MonroeUniversity of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Loïc Le MarchandUniversity of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI, USA.
Scarlett Lin GomezDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Lynne R WilkensUniversity of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI, USA.
Iona ChengDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
University of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of Hawaii System · USUniversity of California, Davis · USUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa · USUniversity of Hawaii Cancer CenterUniversity of Southern California · US

Funding

University of Hawaii Cancer Center CCSGP30CA071789 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI GERTRAUD MASKARINEC · 1996 to 2026
$56.2M
Understanding Population Differences in Cancer: The MEC StudyU01CA164973 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI HAIMAN, CHRISTOPHER ALAN, LE MARCHAND, LOIC · 2015 to 2025
$37.4M
Obesogenic environment: impact on breast, colorectal, and prostate cancer riskR01CA154644 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI CHENG, IONA C · 2011 to 2015
$1.4M
Social and built environment and race/ethnic variations in cancer outcomesR03CA117324 · NCI · CANCER PREVENTION INSTIT OF CALIFORNIA · PI GOMEZ, SCARLETT L · 2006 to 2007
$139k
NCI NIH HHS N01 PC035136NCI NIH HHS P30 CA071789NCI NIH HHS R01 CA154644NCI NIH HHS R03 CA117324NCI NIH HHS U01 CA164973
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNeighborhood environment has been associated with health behaviors. Despite the evidence of the influence of neighborhood social and physical factors on cancer risk, no research has evaluated whether changes in the neighborhood obesogenic environment, either by physical moves to different neighborhoods or experiencing neighborhood redevelopment or neglect, affect cancer risk.

methodsThe association of change in neighborhood environment attributes (socioeconomic status, population density, restaurant and retail food environments, numbers of recreational facilities and businesses, commute patterns, traffic density, and street connectivity) with colorectal cancer (CRC) risk was examined among 95,472 Los Angeles, CA, Multiethnic Cohort participants, including 2295 invasive CRC cases diagnosed between 1993 and 2010 using Cox proportional hazards regression, adjusting for age, race/ethnicity, other risk factors including BMI and physical activity, and baseline levels of neighborhood attributes. Stratified analyses were conducted by racial/ethnic group and moving status.

results40% of participants moved (changed physical residence) during follow-up. Across all races/ethnicities, upward change in population density was statistically significantly associated with higher CRC risk among male and female non-movers (HR: 1.35 and 1.41, respectively). The same association was also observed separately among female African American and Japanese American non-movers, male Latino non-movers, female African American and male White movers. Downward change in population density was significantly related to higher CRC risk among female non-movers (HR: 1.33). Downward change in traffic density was associated with lower CRC risk among male non-movers but with higher CRC risk among female movers (HR: 0.66 and 1.43, respectively). Downward changes in street connectivity or the number of recreational facilities were associated with higher CRC risk (HR: 1.34 and 1.54, respectively). Upward change in the number of recreational facilities was associated with lower CRC risk among female non-movers (HR: 0.70). Changes in the other neighborhood attributes did not exhibit significant associations with CRC risk within more than one racial/ethnic group.

conclusionChanges over time in neighborhood attributes have an effect on the risk of colorectal cancer, which is separate from the baseline levels of the same attributes and individual-level risk factors, and differs between sexes, movers and non-movers and across racial/ethnic groups.

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Colorectal cancerMultiethnic Cohort studyNeighborhood changeObesogenic environment

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PMID31909167
PMCPMC6940713
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