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Colorectal polyp type and the association with charred meat consumption, smoking, and microsomal epoxide hydrolase polymorphisms.
Nutrition and cancer - 1 Jan 2011
Burnett-Hartman Andrea N, Newcomb Polly A, Mandelson Margaret T, Adams Scott V, Wernli Karen J, Shadman Mazyar, Wurscher Michelle A, Makar Karen W
Abstract excerpt
We determined the association between charred meat consumption, cigarette smoking, microsomal epoxide hydrolase (mEH) polymorphisms (rs1051740 and rs2234922), and colorectal adenomas and hyperplastic polyps (HPs) and explored gene-environment interactions. Men and women with colorectal adenomas (n = 519), HPs (n = 691), or concurrently with both types of polyps (n = 227) and polyp-free controls (n = 772)...
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