High serum selenium and reduced risk of advanced colorectal adenoma in a colorectal cancer early detection program

TY - JOUR

T1 - High serum selenium and reduced risk of advanced colorectal adenoma in a colorectal cancer early detection program

AU - Peters, Ulrike

AU - Chatterjee, Nilanjan

AU - Church, Timothy R.

AU - Mayo, Charlotte

AU - Sturup, Stefan

AU - Foster, Charles B.

AU - Schatzkin, Arthur

AU - Hayes, Richard B.

PY - 2006/2/1

Y1 - 2006/2/1

N2 - Background: Epidemiologic and animal studies suggest that selenium may reduce risk of colorectal cancer. However, the epidemiologic data is mainly from relatively small investigations, limiting their interpretation. Although substantial evidence suggests that smoking is a strong effect modifier for other antioxidative nutrients, little is known about smoking-selenium interactions in colorectal tumors. Methods: We studied the association of serum selenium and advanced colorectal adenoma, a cancer precursor, in 758 cases and 767 sex- and race-matched controls, randomly selected from the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial. Cases had at least one verified advanced adenoma (≥1 cm or villous elements, or high-grade dysplasia) of the distal colon, and controls had a negative sigmoidoscopy. Results: The multivariable odds ratio (OR) comparing participants in the highest quintile of serum selenium with those in the lowest quintile was 0.76 [95% confidence interval (95% CI), 0.53-1.10; Ptrend = 0.01]. The inverse association between serum selenium and advanced colorectal adenoma was significant among recent smokers (OR, 0.53; 95% CI, 0.27-1.01 for highest versus lowest tertile; P trend = 0.008). Serum selenium was unrelated to adenoma risk in nonsmokers and former smokers who quit smoking ≥10 years ago. Conclusion: Selenium may reduce the risk of developing advanced colorectal adenoma, particularly among the high-risk group of recent smokers.

AB - Background: Epidemiologic and animal studies suggest that selenium may reduce risk of colorectal cancer. However, the epidemiologic data is mainly from relatively small investigations, limiting their interpretation. Although substantial evidence suggests that smoking is a strong effect modifier for other antioxidative nutrients, little is known about smoking-selenium interactions in colorectal tumors. Methods: We studied the association of serum selenium and advanced colorectal adenoma, a cancer precursor, in 758 cases and 767 sex- and race-matched controls, randomly selected from the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial. Cases had at least one verified advanced adenoma (≥1 cm or villous elements, or high-grade dysplasia) of the distal colon, and controls had a negative sigmoidoscopy. Results: The multivariable odds ratio (OR) comparing participants in the highest quintile of serum selenium with those in the lowest quintile was 0.76 [95% confidence interval (95% CI), 0.53-1.10; Ptrend = 0.01]. The inverse association between serum selenium and advanced colorectal adenoma was significant among recent smokers (OR, 0.53; 95% CI, 0.27-1.01 for highest versus lowest tertile; P trend = 0.008). Serum selenium was unrelated to adenoma risk in nonsmokers and former smokers who quit smoking ≥10 years ago. Conclusion: Selenium may reduce the risk of developing advanced colorectal adenoma, particularly among the high-risk group of recent smokers.

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U2 - 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0471

DO - 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0471

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 16492922

AN - SCOPUS:33644766712

SN - 1055-9965

VL - 15

SP - 315

EP - 320

JO - Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention

JF - Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention

IS - 2

ER -