2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

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

Research Project

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.