Genetically predicted dietary intake and risks of colorectal cancer: a Mendelian randomisation study

Author:

Hoang Tung1,Cho Sooyoung1,Choi Ji-Yeob2,Kang Daehee1,Shin Aesun1

Affiliation:

1. Seoul National University College of Medicine

2. Seoul National University Graduate School

Abstract

Abstract Background Effects of confounders on associations between diet and colorectal cancer (CRC) in observational studies can be minimized in Mendelian randomization (MR) approach. This study aimed to investigate observational and genetically predicted associations between dietary intake and CRC using one-sample MR. Methods Using genetic data of over 93 million variants, we performed a genome-wide association study to find genomic risk loci associated with dietary intake in participants from the UK Biobank. Then we calculated genetic risk scores of diet-related variants and used them as instrumental variables in the two-stage least square MR framework to estimate the hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for associations. We also performed observational analyses using age as a time-scale in Cox proportional hazard models. Results Allele scores were calculated from 399 genetic variants associated with the consumption of of red meat, processed meat, poultry, fish, milk, cheese, fruits, vegetables, coffee, tea, and alcohol in participants from the UK Biobank. In MR analysis, genetically predicted fruit intake was significantly associated with a 21% decreased risk of CRC (HR = 0.79, 95% CI = 0.66–0.95), and there was a marginally inverse association between vegetable intake and CRC (HR = 0.85, 95% CI = 0.71–1.02). Weaker associations were observed in multivariable analysis, with HRs (95% CIs) of 0.99 (0.98–1.01) and 0.99 (0.98-1.00) per increment of daily servings of fruits and vegetables, respectively. Conclusion Dietary habits were attributable to genetic variations, which can be used as instrumental variables in the MR framework. Our study supported a causal relationship between fruit intake and a decreased risk of CRC and suggested an effective strategy of consuming fruits in the primary prevention of CRC.

Publisher

Research Square Platform LLC

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