Journal article
Behavioural and metabolic risk factors for mortality from colon and rectum cancer: Analysis of data from the Asia-Pacific Cohort Studies collaboration
DS Morrison, CL Parr, TH Lam, H Ueshima, HC Kim, SH Jee, Y Murakami, G Giles, X Fang, F Barzi, GD Batty, RR Huxley, M Woodward
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention | ASIAN PACIFIC ORGANIZATION CANCER PREVENTION | Published : 2013
Abstract
Background: Colorectal cancer has several modifiable behavioural risk factors but their relationship to the risk of colon and rectum cancer separately and between countries with high and low incidence is not clear. Methods: Data from participants in the Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration (APCSC) were used to estimate mortality from colon (International Classification of Diseases, revision 9 (ICD-9) 153, ICD-10 C18) and rectum (ICD-9 154, ICD-10 C19-20) cancers. Data on age, body mass index (BMI), serum cholesterol, height, smoking, physical activity, alcohol and diabetes mellitus were entered into Cox proportional hazards models. Results: 600,427 adults contributed 4,281,239 person-ye..
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Awarded by Korean Health 21 R&D Project, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea
Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by grants from the Health Research Council of New Zealand, the National Health and the Medical Research Council of Australia, the US National Institutes of Health, and an unrestricted educational grant from Pfizer Inc. Hyeon Chang Kim was supported by a grant of the Korean Health 21 R&D Project, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea (Grant No. A040152).