Nena Karavasiloglou, David J Hughes, Neil Murphy, Lutz Schomburg, Qian Sun, Vartiter Seher, Sabine Rohrmann, Elisabete Weiderpass, Anne Tjønneland, Anja Olsen, Kim Overvad, Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault, Francesca Romana Mancini, Yahya Mahamat-Saleh, Rudolf Kaaks, Tilman Kuhn, Matthias B Schulze, Rosario Tumino, Salvatore Panico, Giovanna Masala, Valeria Pala, Carlotta Sacerdote, Jeroen W G Derksen, Guri Skeie, Anette Hjartåker, Cristina Lasheras, Antonio Agudo, Maria-José Sánchez, Maria-Dolores Chirlaque, Eva Ardanaz, Pilar Amiano, Bethany Van Guelpen, Björn Gylling, Kathryn E Bradbury, Keren Papier, Heinz Freisling, Elom K Aglago, Amanda J Cross, Elio Riboli, Dagfinn Aune, Marc J Gunter, Mazda Jenab
BACKGROUND: Higher dietary calcium consumption is associated with lower colorectal cancer (CRC) risk. However, little data are available on the association between circulating calcium concentrations and CRC risk. OBJECTIVES: To explore the association between circulating calcium concentrations and CRC risk using data from 2 large European prospective cohort studies. METHODS: Conditional logistic regression models were used to calculate multivariable-adjusted ORs and 95% CIs in case-control studies nested within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC; n-cases = 947, n-controls = 947) and the UK Biobank (UK-BB; n-cases = 2759, n-controls = 12,021) cohorts...
January 2023: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition