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Dietary choline and sphingomyelin choline moiety intake and risk of colorectal cancer: a case-control study.

European journal of clinical nutrition2023The record ↗

  1. Finding, very limited evidencelowersColorectal cancer incidence

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  • “We found an inverse association between choline and CRC risk, with an OR for the highest versus the lowest tertile of 0.81 (95%CI: 0.71–0.93), with a significant trend in risk across tertiles.”
    Study
    case-control
    Effect
    0.81 odds ratio, 95% CI 0.71 to 0.93
    Dose studied
    dietary choline, energy-adjusted tertiles based on the control distribution; control mean 400.7 mg/day
    Population
    1953 histologically proven colorectal cancer cases and 4154 hospital controls without cancer, six Italian centres, 1992-1996; usual dietary choline by food-frequency questionnaire; highest versus lowest energy-adjusted tertile

Study record

Design
case-control study
Species
human
Population
Incident colorectal cancer cases and hospital controls, six Italian centers, 1992-1996
Participants
6,107
Comparator
observational
Duration
not reported
Endpoints measured
12