A COHORT STUDY ON THE RISK OF COLORECTAL CANCER IN RURAL JAPAN

2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20590660
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Public health/Health science
• Research Institution: Aichi Medical University
• Principal Investigator: YAGYU Kiyoko Aichi Medical University, 医学部, 講師 (50268017)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KIKUCHI Shogo 愛知医科大学, 医学部, 教授 (40224901)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2010
• Keywords: コホート研究 / 大腸がん / 地域集団

Research Abstract

This study was conducted to evaluate the association of life style, frequency of food intakes, and estimated nutrient intakes with the risk of colorectal cancer incidence using the data set from a prospective study which involved about 28,000 people in rural Japan. Past history of diabetes and alcohol consumption increased the risk of colorectal cancer significantly. The association between frequency of food intakes, estimated nutrient intakes and the risk of colorectal cancer were not clear.

Research Products

• [Presentation] Cigarette smoking, alcohol drinking and the risk of colonrectal cancer : A cohort study in Japan. (2010)
  • Author(s): Kiyoko Yagyu, Shogo Kikuchi, Yingsong Lin, Akiko Tamakoshi, Junko Ueda, Yuki Obata, Jun Nakai, Kazuo Nakajima, Ryutaro Murashima, Teruo Ishibashi.
  • Organizer: 18^<th> United European Gastroenterology Week
  • Place of Presentation: Barcelona, Spain
  • Year and Date: 20101023-20101027