Location
Nessmith-Lane Atrium
Session Format
Poster Presentation
Research Area Topic:
Public Health & Well Being - Epidemiologic Research
Co-Presenters and Faculty Mentors or Advisors
Titilope Ogunleke (Georgia Southern University)
Evans Afriyie-Gyawu (Georgia Southern University)
Jian Zhang (Georgia Southern University)
Abstract
Objective: To examine the relationship between serum levels of Vitamin A and precursors on Colorectal cancer mortality. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted with 14,358 adults who participated in NHANES III. Data was collected via in home interviews and visits by participants to a mobile examination centre for blood sample collection. Characteristics such as family income, educational attainment, marital status, race and ethnicity, alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking, self reported health, type of resident, body size, cancer status at base line, vegetable consumption and fruit juice consumption were examined. Hazard ratio estimates for all-cause and cancer-related deaths among individuals with different serum Vitamin A levels were obtained form Cox Proportional Hazards Regression. Public Health Implications: Colorectal cancer is a serious public health issue. According to the CDC, In 2011, a total of 135,260 individuals were diagnosed with colorectal cancer and 51, 783 people died. Findings from this study can be utilized to conduct further research on the effects of Vitamin A and its precursors on colorectal cancer mortality and determine safe and effective dose for prevention. Additionally, findings from this study can be utilized to develop intervention strategies for colorectal cancer management, including educational interventions.
Keywords
Vitamin A, Cancer, Colorectal cancer, Prevention
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Presentation Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Start Date
4-16-2016 10:45 AM
End Date
4-16-2016 12:00 PM
Recommended Citation
Okoli, Chimuanya, "Effects of Serum Levels of Vitamin A and Precursors on Colorectal Cancer Mortlaity" (2016). GS4 Georgia Southern Student Scholars Symposium. 5.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/research_symposium/2016/2016/5
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Effects of Serum Levels of Vitamin A and Precursors on Colorectal Cancer Mortlaity
Nessmith-Lane Atrium
Objective: To examine the relationship between serum levels of Vitamin A and precursors on Colorectal cancer mortality. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted with 14,358 adults who participated in NHANES III. Data was collected via in home interviews and visits by participants to a mobile examination centre for blood sample collection. Characteristics such as family income, educational attainment, marital status, race and ethnicity, alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking, self reported health, type of resident, body size, cancer status at base line, vegetable consumption and fruit juice consumption were examined. Hazard ratio estimates for all-cause and cancer-related deaths among individuals with different serum Vitamin A levels were obtained form Cox Proportional Hazards Regression. Public Health Implications: Colorectal cancer is a serious public health issue. According to the CDC, In 2011, a total of 135,260 individuals were diagnosed with colorectal cancer and 51, 783 people died. Findings from this study can be utilized to conduct further research on the effects of Vitamin A and its precursors on colorectal cancer mortality and determine safe and effective dose for prevention. Additionally, findings from this study can be utilized to develop intervention strategies for colorectal cancer management, including educational interventions.
