Colorectal cancer meat consumption

Example 2. The Cancer Prevention Cohort Study (CPS II) mortality cohort consists of 1.2 million adults residing in 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Individuals in this cohort completed self-administered questionnaires in 1982 with information on race, diet, exercise, medical history, and other lifestyle factors. Findings on the relationship between colorectal cancer and meat consumption on a subset... 

Example 2 (continued). In the cohort study conducted by Chao et al. (2005), RRs to measure the association between meat consumption and the risk of colorectal or rectal cancer were calculated using a regression model. Part of the study focused on long-term meat consumption, which was assessed by measuring meat consumption in 1982 and in 1992/1993. Individuals who were in the highest quintile of meat intake in both 1982 and 1992/1993 were compared to individuals in the lowest quintile for both those time periods. Long-term consumption of red meat (high intake)... 

Norat, T., Lukanova, A., Ferrari, P., and Riboli, E., Meat consumption and colorectal cancer risk an estimate of attributable and preventable fractions, lARC Sci. Publ, 156, 223-225, 2002. 

Sandhu, M.S., White, I.R., and McPherson, K., Systematic review of the prospective cohort studies on meat consumption and colorectal cancer risk a meta-analytical approach. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev., 10,439 46,2001. 

Norat, T. et al.. Meat consumption and colorectal cancer risk Dose-response meta-analysis of epidemiological studies, Int. J. Cancer., 98, 241-256, 2002. 

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