Associations of Total Energy and Macronutrients with Colon Cancer Risk in African Americans and Whites: Results from the North Carolina Colon Cancer Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 158, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 951-962

  Satia Abouta, Jessie ^a,b,c   Galanko, Joseph A ^c   Potter, John D ^d,e   Ammerman, Alice ^a   Martin, Christopher F ^c   Sandler, Robert S ^b,c  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Colonic neoplasms; Confounding factors (epidemiology); Diet; Energy intake; Whites

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; PROTEIN; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

CANCER; DIET; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ETHNICITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MACRONUTRIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242695080     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg248     Document Type: Article

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