© 1990 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 82, No. 11, 915-926,
June 6, 1990
© 1990 Oxford University Press
Diet, Physical Activity, and Colorectal Cancer Among Chinese in North America and China
Department of Health Research and Policy, Standford University School of Medicine Standford, CA.
Zhejiang Medical University Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Division of Epidemiology and Biometry and Occupational Oncology, Cancer Control Agency of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada, V5Z 4E6.
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine Los Angeles, CA.
*Correspondence to: Alice S. Whittemore, Ph.D., Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, HRP Bldg., Rm. 113, Stanford, CA 94305-5092.
In a population-based case-control study of colorectal cancer among Chinese men and women in western North America and the People's Republic of China, a common protocol was used to assess past life-style characteristics of 905 cases diagnosed during 1981–1986 and 2,488 controls. Risks for cancers of both the colon and rectum increased with increased food energy from fat, protein, carbohydrate, and all energy sources combined, for both sexes and on both continents. Yet, in multivariate analysis, colorectal cancer risk was significantly associated only with saturated fat; no relationships were seen with other dietary sources of energy. Colon cancer risk was elevated among men employed in sedentary occupations. On both continents and in both sexes, risks for cancers of both the colon and rectum increased with increasing time spent sitting. Further, the association between colorectal cancer risk and saturated fat was stronger among the sedentary than among the active. Risk among sedentary Chinese Americans of either sex increased more than fourfold from the lowest to the highest category of saturated fat intake. Among migrants to North America, risk increased with increasing years lived in North America. These observations suggest (a) that colorectal cancer risk increases with duration of exposure to a sedentary life-style and a diet rich in saturated fat; (b) that higher incidence among Chinese–American men relative to women is due to longer duration of these habits among men, who have lived longer in North America; and (c) that higher risk among Chinese Americans of both sexes relative to risk among the general population in China is due to differences in such habits. Attributable risk calculations suggest that, if these associations are causal, saturated fat intakes exceeding 10 g/day, particularly in combination with physical inactivity, could account for 60% of colorectal cancer incidence among Chinese–American men and 40% among Chinese–American women. [J Natl Cancer Inst 82:915–926, 1990]
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