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- Title
Dietary intake of total, heme and non-heme iron and the risk of colorectal cancer in a European prospective cohort study.
- Authors
Aglago, Elom K.; Cross, Amanda J.; Riboli, Elio; Fedirko, Veronika; Hughes, David J.; Fournier, Agnes; Jakszyn, Paula; Freisling, Heinz; Gunter, Marc J.; Dahm, Christina C.; Overvad, Kim; Tjønneland, Anne; Kyrø, Cecilie; Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine; Rothwell, Joseph A.; Severi, Gianluca; Katzke, Verena; Srour, Bernard; Schulze, Matthias B.; Wittenbecher, Clemens
- Abstract
Background: Iron is an essential micronutrient with differing intake patterns and metabolism between men and women. Epidemiologic evidence on the association of dietary iron and its heme and non-heme components with colorectal cancer (CRC) development is inconclusive. Methods: We examined baseline dietary questionnaire-assessed intakes of total, heme, and non-heme iron and CRC risk in the EPIC cohort. Sex-specific multivariable-adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were computed using Cox regression. We modelled substitution of a 1 mg/day of heme iron intake with non-heme iron using the leave one-out method. Results: Of 450,105 participants (318,680 women) followed for 14.2 ± 4.0 years, 6162 (3511 women) developed CRC. In men, total iron intake was not associated with CRC risk (highest vs. lowest quintile, HRQ5vs.Q1:0.88; 95%CI:0.73, 1.06). An inverse association was observed for non-heme iron (HRQ5vs.Q1:0.80, 95%CI:0.67, 0.96) whereas heme iron showed a non-significant association (HRQ5vs.Q1:1.10; 95%CI:0.96, 1.27). In women, CRC risk was not associated with intakes of total (HRQ5vs.Q1:1.11, 95%CI:0.94, 1.31), heme (HRQ5vs.Q1:0.95; 95%CI:0.84, 1.07) or non-heme iron (HRQ5vs.Q1:1.03, 95%CI:0.88, 1.20). Substitution of heme with non-heme iron demonstrated lower CRC risk in men (HR:0.94; 95%CI: 0.89, 0.99). Conclusions: Our findings suggest potential sex-specific CRC risk associations for higher iron consumption that may differ by dietary sources.
- Publication
British Journal of Cancer, 2023, Vol 128, Issue 8, p1529
- ISSN
0007-0920
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41416-023-02164-7