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Sugar-sweetened beverage intake in adulthood and adolescence and risk of early-onset colorectal cancer among women

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Hur, Jinhee, Otegbeye, Ebunoluwa, Joh, Hee-Kyung, Nimptsch, Katharina, Ng, Kimmie, Ogino, Shuji, Meyerhardt, Jeffrey A, Chan, Andrew T +4 more·2021·Gut

Abstract

Objective: Sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption had substantially increased across successive US birth cohorts until 2000, and adolescents and young adults under age 50 years have the highest consumption. However, the link between SSBs and early-onset colorectal cancer (EO-CRC) remains unexamined. Design: In the Nurses’ Health Study II (1991–2015), we prospectively investigated the association of SSB intake in adulthood and adolescence with EO-CRC risk among 95 464 women who had reported adulthood beverage intake using validated food frequency questionnaires (FFQs) every 4 years. A subset of 41 272 participants reported beverage intake at age 13–18 years using a validated high school-FFQ in 1998. Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate relative risks (RRs) with 95% CIs. Results: We documented 109 EO-CRC cases. Compared with individuals who consumed <1 serving/week of SSBs in adulthood, women who consumed ≥2 servings/day had a more than doubled risk of EO-CRC (RR 2.18; 95% CI 1.10 to 4.35; p trend =0.02), with a 16% higher risk (RR 1.16; 95% CI 1.00 to 1.36) per serving/day increase. Each serving/day increment of SSB intake at age 13–18 years was associated with a 32% higher risk of EO-CRC (RR 1.32; 95% CI 1.00 to 1.75). Replacing each serving/day of adulthood SSB intake with that of artificially sweetened beverages, coffee, reduced fat milk or total milk was associated with a 17%–36% lower risk of EO-CRC. Conclusion: Higher SSB intake in adulthood and adolescence was associated with a higher risk of EO-CRC among women. Reduction of SSB consumption among adolescents and young adults may serve as a potential strategy to alleviate the growing burden of EO-CRC.

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  • Excessive fructose consumption might lead to intestinal flora disturbance and intestinal barrier deterioration, which promote the development of metabolic endotoxaemia, inflammation, and lipid accumulation, finally leading to colorectal carcinogenesis.

    “excessive fructose consumption might lead to intestinal flora disturbance and intestinal barrier deterioration, which promote the development of metabolic endotoxaemia, inflammation, and lipid accumulation, finally leading to colorectal carcinogenesis.20 122 123”

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  • In the Nurses' Health Study II (1991-2015), women who consumed two or more servings a day of sugar sweetened beverages in adulthood had a 118% higher risk of early onset colorectal cancer compared with women who consumed less than one serving a week (risk ratio 2.18, 1.10 to 4.35).

    “Compared with women who consumed less than one serving a week of sugar sweetened beverages in adulthood, those who consumed two or more servings a day had a 118% higher risk of early onset colorectal cancer (risk ratio 2.18, 1.10 to 4.35).”

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  • The non-significant association between sugar sweetened beverage consumption and the risk of colorectal cancer observed both in this study and in the umbrella review was inconsistent with another cohort conducted in women.

    “Notably, the non-significant association between sugar sweetened beverage consumption and the risk of colorectal cancer observed both in this study and in our umbrella review was inconsistent with another cohort conducted in women.20”

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  • In the Nurses' Health Study II, each one serving a day increment of sugar sweetened beverage consumption was associated with a 16% increased risk of early onset colorectal cancer (risk ratio 1.16, 1.00 to 1.36).

    “Each one serving a day increment of sugar sweetened beverage consumption was associated with a 16% (risk ratio 1.16, 1.00 to 1.36) increased risk of early onset colorectal cancer.20”

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Hur, J., Otegbeye, E., Joh, H.-K., Nimptsch, K., Ng, K., Ogino, S., Meyerhardt, J. A., Chan, A. T., Willett, W. C., Wu, K., Giovannucci, E., & Cao, Y.
Affiliations
  • Harvard University (US)
  • Washington University in St. Louis (US)
  • Broad Institute (US)
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
Corresponding author
Cao, Yin
Venue
Gut
Publisher
BMJ
Published
2021-05-06
Volume
70
Issue
12
Pages
2330-2336
ISSN
  • 0017-5749 (ISSN-L)
  • 1468-3288
OpenAlex
W3159187004
Cited by
229
References
59
Citations by year
2026: 34 · 2025: 50 · 2024: 36 · 2023: 57 · 2022: 44 · 2021: 8
FWCI
31.42
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Gut (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • MDC Repository (Max-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (K07 CA218377, R01 CA151993, R01 CA205406, R03 CA197879, R21 CA222940, R21 CA230873, R35 CA197735, R35 CA253185, R37 CA246175, T32 CA009621, U01 CA176726)
  • U.S. Department of Defense (CA160344)
  • Massachusetts General Hospital (Stuart and Suzanne Steele MGH Research Scholar)
  • American Institute for Cancer Research (Investigator Initiated Grant)
  • Project P Fund (N/A)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
Keywords
sugar-sweetened beverages, early-onset colorectal cancer, women, artificially sweetened beverages, coffee, milk consumption, dietary risk factors, Nurses' Health Study II
MeSH terms
Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Adolescent, Adult, Female, Humans, Prospective Studies, Surveys and Questionnaires, United States, Colorectal Neoplasms

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