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Dietary calcium intake and the risk of colorectal cancer: a case control study

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Cancer, December 2015
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Title
Dietary calcium intake and the risk of colorectal cancer: a case control study
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BMC Cancer, December 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12885-015-1963-9
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Changwoo Han, Aesun Shin, Jeonghee Lee, Jeeyoo Lee, Ji Won Park, Jae Hwan Oh, Jeongseon Kim

Abstract

High intake of dietary calcium has been thought to be a protective factor against colorectal cancer. To explore the dose-response relationship in the associations between dietary calcium intake and colorectal cancer risk by cancer location, we conducted a case-control study among Korean population, whose dietary calcium intake levels are relatively low. The colorectal cancer cases and controls were recruited from the National Cancer Center in Korea between August 2010 and August 2013. Information on dietary calcium intake was assessed using a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire and locations of the colorectal cancers were classified as proximal colon cancer, distal colon cancer, and rectal cancer. Binary and polytomous logistic regression models were used to evaluate the association between dietary calcium intake and risk of colorectal cancer. A total of 922 colorectal cancer cases and 2766 controls were included in the final analysis. Compared with the lowest calcium intake quartile, the highest quartile group showed a significantly reduced risk of colorectal cancer in both men and women. (Odds ratio (OR): 0.16, 95 % confidence interval (CI): 0.11-0.24 for men; OR: 0.16, 95 % CI: 0.09-0.29 for women). Among the highest calcium intake groups, decrease in cancer risk was observed across all sub-sites of colorectum in both men and women. In conclusion, calcium consumption was inversely related to colorectal cancer risk in Korean population where national average calcium intake level is relatively lower than Western countries. A decreased risk of colorectal cancer by calcium intake was observed in all sub-sites in men and women.

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Unknown 65 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 14 22%
Student > Master 9 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 12%
Researcher 4 6%
Student > Postgraduate 4 6%
Other 8 12%
Unknown 18 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 15 23%
Nursing and Health Professions 11 17%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 8 12%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 6%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 2%
Other 5 8%
Unknown 21 32%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 15. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 July 2023.
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#2,221,090
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#376
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#37,859
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#7
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