TY - JOUR
T1 - A prospective study of dietary acrylamide intake and the risk of endometrial, ovarian, and breast cancer
AU - Hogervorst, J.G.
AU - Schouten, L.J.
AU - Konings, E.J.
AU - Goldbohm, R.A.
AU - van den Brandt, P.A.
PY - 2007/1/1
Y1 - 2007/1/1
N2 - BACKGROUND: Acrylamide, a probable human carcinogen, was detected in various heat-treated carbohydrate-rich foods in 2002. The few epidemiologic studies done thus far have not shown a relationship with cancer. Our aim was to investigate the association between acrylamide intake and endometrial, ovarian, and breast cancer risk. METHODS: The Netherlands Cohort Study on diet and cancer includes 62,573 women, aged 55-69 years. At baseline (1986), a random subcohort of 2,589 women was selected using a case cohort analysis approach for analysis. The acrylamide intake of subcohort members and cases was assessed with a food frequency questionnaire and was based on chemical analysis of all relevant Dutch foods. Subgroup analyses were done for never-smokers to eliminate the influence of smoking; an important source of acrylamide. RESULTS: After 11.3 years of follow-up, 327, 300, and 1,835 cases of endometrial, ovarian, and breast cancer, respectively, were documented. Compared with the lowest quintile of acrylamide intake (mean intake, 8.9 mug/day), multivariable-adjusted hazard rate ratios (HR) for endometrial, ovarian, and breast cancer in the highest quintile (mean intake, 40.2 mug/day) were 1.29 [95% confidence interval (95% CI), 0.81-2.07; P(trend) = 0.18], 1.78 (95% CI, 1.10-2.88; P(trend) = 0.02), and 0.93 (95% CI, 0.73-1.19; P(trend) = 0.79), respectively. For never-smokers, the corresponding HRs were 1.99 (95% CI, 1.12-3.52; P(trend) = 0.03), 2.22 (95% CI, 1.20-4.08; P(trend) = 0.01), and 1.10 (95% CI, 0.80-1.52; P(trend) = 0.55). CONCLUSIONS: We observed increased risks of postmenopausal endometrial and ovarian cancer with increasing dietary acrylamide intake, particularly among never-smokers. Risk of breast cancer was not associated with acrylamide intake. (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007;16(11):2304-13). AD - Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, the Netherlands. JGF.Hogervorst@EPID.Unimaas.nl. FAU - Hogervorst, Janneke G AU - Hogervorst JG FAU - Schouten, Leo J AU - Schouten LJ FAU - Konings, Erik J AU - Konings EJ FAU - Goldbohm, R Alexandra AU - Goldbohm RA FAU - van den Brandt, Piet A AU - van den Brandt PA LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev JT - Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
AB - BACKGROUND: Acrylamide, a probable human carcinogen, was detected in various heat-treated carbohydrate-rich foods in 2002. The few epidemiologic studies done thus far have not shown a relationship with cancer. Our aim was to investigate the association between acrylamide intake and endometrial, ovarian, and breast cancer risk. METHODS: The Netherlands Cohort Study on diet and cancer includes 62,573 women, aged 55-69 years. At baseline (1986), a random subcohort of 2,589 women was selected using a case cohort analysis approach for analysis. The acrylamide intake of subcohort members and cases was assessed with a food frequency questionnaire and was based on chemical analysis of all relevant Dutch foods. Subgroup analyses were done for never-smokers to eliminate the influence of smoking; an important source of acrylamide. RESULTS: After 11.3 years of follow-up, 327, 300, and 1,835 cases of endometrial, ovarian, and breast cancer, respectively, were documented. Compared with the lowest quintile of acrylamide intake (mean intake, 8.9 mug/day), multivariable-adjusted hazard rate ratios (HR) for endometrial, ovarian, and breast cancer in the highest quintile (mean intake, 40.2 mug/day) were 1.29 [95% confidence interval (95% CI), 0.81-2.07; P(trend) = 0.18], 1.78 (95% CI, 1.10-2.88; P(trend) = 0.02), and 0.93 (95% CI, 0.73-1.19; P(trend) = 0.79), respectively. For never-smokers, the corresponding HRs were 1.99 (95% CI, 1.12-3.52; P(trend) = 0.03), 2.22 (95% CI, 1.20-4.08; P(trend) = 0.01), and 1.10 (95% CI, 0.80-1.52; P(trend) = 0.55). CONCLUSIONS: We observed increased risks of postmenopausal endometrial and ovarian cancer with increasing dietary acrylamide intake, particularly among never-smokers. Risk of breast cancer was not associated with acrylamide intake. (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007;16(11):2304-13). AD - Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, the Netherlands. JGF.Hogervorst@EPID.Unimaas.nl. FAU - Hogervorst, Janneke G AU - Hogervorst JG FAU - Schouten, Leo J AU - Schouten LJ FAU - Konings, Erik J AU - Konings EJ FAU - Goldbohm, R Alexandra AU - Goldbohm RA FAU - van den Brandt, Piet A AU - van den Brandt PA LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev JT - Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
U2 - 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0581
DO - 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0581
M3 - Article
SN - 1055-9965
VL - 16
SP - 2304
EP - 2313
JO - Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
JF - Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
IS - 11
ER -