Biosocial Correlates of Colorectal Cancer in Greece

Papadimitriou C (Department of Gastroenterology, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece), Day N, Tzonou A, Gerovassilis F, Manousos O and Trichopoulos D. Bio-social correlates of colorectal cancer in Greece. International Journal of Epidemiology 1984; 13: 155–159. One hundred consecutive patients wit...

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Published in:International journal of epidemiology 1984-06, Vol.13 (2), p.155-159
Main Authors: PAPADIMITRIOU, CHRISTOS, DAY, NICHOLAS, TZONOU, ANASTASIA, GEROVASSILIS, FOTIS, MANOUSOS, ORESTIS, TRICHOPOULOS, DIMITRIOS
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Cholecystectomy - adverse effects
Colonic Neoplasms - epidemiology
Female
Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen
Gastrointestinal Motility
Greece
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Menstruation
Middle Aged
Other diseases. Semiology
Parity
Rectal Neoplasms - epidemiology
Regression Analysis
Risk
Smoking
Socioeconomic Factors
Stomach. Duodenum. Small intestine. Colon. Rectum. Anus
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Summary:Papadimitriou C (Department of Gastroenterology, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece), Day N, Tzonou A, Gerovassilis F, Manousos O and Trichopoulos D. Bio-social correlates of colorectal cancer in Greece. International Journal of Epidemiology 1984; 13: 155–159. One hundred consecutive patients with histologically confirmed colorectal cancer and an equal number of age-and sex-matched orthopaedic patients as hospital controls were interviewed about demographic, socio-economic, biometric and medical variables. Cholecystectomy was significantly more frequent among cases than controls, but there was no side-predilection of the post-cholecystectomy tumours. The frequency of bowel evacuation was significantly higher among cases, particularly those with rectal cancer, an observation which appears contradictory to the ’prolonged bowel transit time—high colorectal cancer risk‘ hypothesis. No significant differences were found between cases and controls with respect to socioeconomic status, height and weight, smoking habits, use of laxatives and (for females) parity, age at first pregnancy, and age at menopause; however, cases appeared to be younger at menarche.
ISSN:0300-5771
1464-3685
DOI:10.1093/ije/13.2.155