Plasma C-reactive protein, genetic risk score, and risk of common cancers in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study.
Plasma C-reactive protein, genetic risk score, and risk of common cancers in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study.
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DOI:
10.1007/s10552-013-0285-y
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2013-12
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Pankow JS
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Prizment AE;Folsom AR;Dreyfus J;Anderson KE;Visvanathan K;Joshu CE;Platz EA;Pankow JS
Many studies, including the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) cohort, reported a positive association between plasma C-reactive protein (CRP) – a biomarker of low-grade chronic inflammation – and colorectal cancer risk, although it is unclear if the association is causal. Our aims were to assess the associations of a CRP genetic risk score (CRP-GRS) created from single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with colorectal cancer risk, as well as examine plasma CRP and CRP-GRS in relation to common cancers in the ARIC cohort. Cox proportional hazards models were used to prospectively estimate hazard ratios (HR) and (95% confidence interval, CI) of total, colorectal, lung, prostate, and breast cancers in relation to: 1) CRP-GRS among 8,657 Whites followed in 1987–2006 and 2) log-transformed plasma CRP among 7,603 Whites followed in 1996–2006. A weighted CRP-GRS was comprised of 20 CRP-related SNPs located in/near CRP, APOC1, HNF1A, LEPR and 16 other genes that were identified in genome-wide association studies. After multivariable adjustment, one standard deviation increment of the CRP-GRS was associated with colorectal cancer risk (HR=1.19; 95% CI, 1.03–1.37) but not with any other cancer. One unit of log-transformed plasma CRP was associated with the risk of total, colorectal, lung, and breast cancers: HRs (95% CIs) were 1.08 (1.01–1.15), 1.24 (1.01–1.51), 1.29 (1.08–1.54), and 1.27 (1.07–1.51), respectively. HRs remained elevated, although lost statistical significance for all but breast cancer, after excluding subjects with <2 years of follow-up. The study corroborates a causative role of chronic low-grade inflammation in colorectal carcinogenesis.