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Serum Trimethylamine N-oxide, Carnitine, Choline, and Betaine in Relation to Colorectal Cancer Risk in the Alpha Tocopherol, Beta Carotene Cancer Prevention Study.

Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention2017The record ↗

  1. Finding, insufficient evidenceraisesColorectal cancer incidence

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  • “Serum choline was strongly and statistically significantly associated with incident colorectal cancer risk (Table 3); participants with higher serum choline had greater risk of developing colorectal cancer over the ensuing follow-up period (P-trend<0.0001).”
    Study
    case-control
    Interests
    Industry funded
    Population
    Male Finnish smokers aged 50-69 in the ATBC Study; nested case-control of incident colorectal cancer cases and matched controls, baseline fasting serum choline by quartile, median follow-up 14 years

Study record

Design
case-control study
Species
human
Population
Male Finnish smokers in the ATBC trial, nested case-control of incident colorectal cancer cases and matched controls
Participants
1,288
Comparator
observational
Duration
not reported
Endpoints measured
11