RT Journal Article
T1 Colorectal cancer, sun exposure and dietary vitamin D and calcium intake in the MCC-Spain study.
A1 Vallès, Xavier
A1 Alonso, M Henar
A1 López-Caleya, Juan Francisco
A1 Díez-Obrero, Virginia
A1 Dierssen-Sotos, Trinidad
A1 Lope, Virginia
A1 Molina-Barceló, Ana
A1 Chirlaque, María Dolores
A1 Jiménez-Moleón, José Juan
A1 Fernández Tardón, Guillermo
A1 Castilla, Jesús
A1 Amiano, Pilar
A1 Capelo, Rocío
A1 Castaño-Vinyals, Gemma
A1 Guinó, Elisabet
A1 Molina de la Torre, Antonio José
A1 Moreno-Iribas, Conchi
A1 Pérez Gómez, Beatriz
A1 Aragonés, Nuria
A1 Llorca, Javier
A1 Martín, Vicente
A1 Kogevinas, Manolis
A1 Pollán, Marina
A1 Moreno, Victor
K1 Calcium
K1 Colorectal cancer
K1 Skin phenotype
K1 Sunlight
K1 Vitamin D
AB To explore the association of colorectal cancer with environmental solar radiation and sun exposure behavior, considering phenotypic variables (eye color, hair color and skin phenotype), dietary intake of vitamin D and calcium, and socio-demographic factors. Multicenter population-based frequency matched case-control study in Spain (MCC-Spain), with 2140 CRC cases and 3950 controls. Data were obtained through personal interviews using a structured epidemiological questionnaire that included socio-demographic data, residential history, environmental exposures, behavior, phenotypic and dietary information. An environmental-lifetime sun exposure score was constructed combining residential history and average daily solar radiation, direct and diffuse. Logistic regression was used to explore the association between different variables. A structural equation model was used to verify the associations of the conceptual model. We found a lower risk of CRC in subjects frequently exposed to sunlight during the previous summer and skin burning due to sun exposure. No association was observed in relation to the residential solar radiation scores. Subjects with light eye or light hair colors had a lower risk of CRC that those with darker colors. Dietary calcium and vitamin D were also protective factors, but not in the multivariate model. The structural equation model analysis suggested that higher sun exposure was associated with a decreased risk of CRC, as well as dietary intake of calcium and vitamin D, and these factors are correlated among themselves and with environmental solar radiation and skin phenotypes. The results agree with previous observations that sun exposure, dietary vitamin D and calcium intake, and serum 25(OH)D concentration reduce the risk of CRC and indicate that these factors may be relevant for cancer prevention.
YR 2018
FD 2018-09-25
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/13008
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/13008
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DS RISalud
RD Apr 3, 2025