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de Kort, S. (author), Simons, C.C. (author), van den Brandt, P.A. (author), Goldbohm, R.A. (author), Arts, I.C. (author), Bruine, A.P. (author), Janssen-Heijnen, M.L. (author), Sanduleanu, S. (author), Masclee, A.A. (author), Weijenberg, M.P. (author)Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer (CRC); however, studies differentiating between subsites of CRC are limited. We investigated how diabetes mellitus (DM) was associated with subsite-specific CRC risk in men and women. Methods: The Netherlands Cohort Study on diet and cancer is a...article 2016
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Gilsing, A.M.J. (author), Schouten, L.J. (author), Goldbohm, R.A. (author), Dagnelie, P.C. (author), van den Brandt, P.A. (author), Weijenberg, M.P. (author)To study how a vegetarian or low meat diet influences the risk of colorectal cancer compared to a high meat diet, and to assess the explanatory role of factors associated with these diets. In the Netherlands Cohort Study – Meat Investigation Cohort (NLCS-MIC) (cohort of 10,210 individuals including 1040 self-defined vegetarians), subjects...article 2015
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Simons, C.C.J.M. (author), Hughes, L.A.E. (author), van Engeland, M. (author), Goldbohm, R.A. (author), van den Brandt, P.A. (author), Weijenberg, M.P. (author)We investigated occupational energy expenditure and sitting time in the longest held job (in men only), nonoccupational physical activity, and former sports participation in relation to colorectal cancer endpoints. The Netherlands Cohort Study includes 120,852 participants who completed a self-administered questionnaire in 1986 when they were...article 2013
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Gilsing, A.M.J. (author), Weijenberg, M.P. (author), Hughes, L.A.E. (author), Ambergen, T. (author), Dagnelie, P.C. (author), Goldbohm, A. (author), van den Brandt, P.A. (author), Schouten, L.J. (author)Hypotheses regarding the role of meat consumption in body weight modulation are contradictory. Prospective studies on an association between meat consumption and BMI change are limited. We assessed the association between meat consumption and change in BMI over time in 3902 men and women aged 55-69 y from the Netherlands Cohort Study. Dietary...article 2012
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de Vogel, S. (author), Wouters, K.A.D. (author), Gottschalk, R.W.H. (author), van Schooten, F.J. (author), de Goeij, A.F.P.M. (author), de Bruïne, A.P. (author), Goldbohm, R.A. (author), van den Brandt, P.A. (author), van Engeland, M. (author), Weijenberg, M.P. (author)Dietary methyl donors might influence DNA methylation during carcinogenesis of colorectal cancer (CRC). Among 609 CRC cases and 1,663 subcohort members of the Netherlands Cohort Study on diet and cancer (n = 120,852), we estimated CRC risk according to methyl donor intake across genotypes of folate metabolizing enzymes and methyltransferases....article 2011
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Bongaerts, B.W.C. (author), de Goeij, A.F.P.M. (author), Wouters, K.A.D. (author), van Engeland, M. (author), Gottschalk, R.W.H. (author), van Schooten, F.J. (author), Goldbohm, R.A. (author), van den Brandt, P.A. (author), Weijenberg, M.P. (author)Within the Netherlands Cohort Study (1986), we examined associations between alcohol consumption, the alcohol dehydrogenase 1C (ADH1C) genotype, and risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). After a follow-up period of 7.3 years, 594 CRC cases with information on genotype and baseline alcohol intake were available for analyses. Adjusted incidence rate...article 2011
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Hughes, L.A.E. (author), Simons, C.C.J.M. (author), van den Brandt, P.A. (author), Goldbohm, R.A. (author), van Engeland, M. (author), Weijenberg, M.P. (author)A large body size may differentially influence risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) by anatomic location. The Netherlands Cohort Study includes 120,852 men and women aged 55-69 years who self-reported weight, height, and trouser/skirt size at baseline (1986), as well as weight at age 20 years. Derived variables included body mass index (BMI; weight ...article 2011
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Gilsing, A.M.J. (author), Weijenberg, M.P. (author), Goldbohm, R.A. (author), van den Brandt, P.A. (author), Schouten, L.J. (author)Background: Evidence that links dietary factors to ovarian cancer is conflicting, but several epidemiologic studies suggested that consumption of dietary fat and meat may increase risk of ovarian cancer. Objective: We studied associations of intakes of total fat and sources and subtypes of fat, fresh meat, processed meat, and fish with ovarian...article 2011
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Hughes, L.A.E. (author), Simons, C.C.J.M. (author), van den Brandt, P.A. (author), Goldbohm, R.A. (author), de Goeij, A.F. (author), de Bruïne, A.P. (author), van Engeland, M. (author), Weijenberg, M.P. (author)Background: We investigated how body size and physical activity influence the risk of the CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP) in colorectal cancer (CRC). Methods: In the Netherlands Cohort Study (n = 120,852), risk factors were self-reported at baseline in 1986. After 7.3 years of follow-up, 603 cases and 4,631 sub-cohort members were...article 2011
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- Hughes, L.A.E. (author), Schouten, L.J. (author), Goldbohm, R.A. (author), van den Brandt, P.A. (author), Weijenberg, M.P. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author) article 2010
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Kim, D.H. (author), Smith-Warner, S.A. (author), Spiegelman, D. (author), Yaun, S.S. (author), Colditz, G.A. (author), Freudenheim, J.L. (author), Giovannucci, E. (author), Goldbohm, R.A. (author), Graham, S. (author), Harnack, L. (author), Jacobs, E.J. (author), Leitzmann, M. (author), Mannisto, S. (author), Miller, A.B. (author), Potter, J.D. (author), Rohan, T.E. (author), Schatzkin, A. (author), Speizer, F.E. (author), Stevens, V.L. (author), Stolzenberg-Solomon, R. (author), Terry, P. (author), Toniolo, P. (author), Weijenberg, M.P. (author), Willett, W.C. (author), Wolk, A. (author), Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, A. (author), Hunter, D.J. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Objective: Studies of folate intake and colorectal cancer risk have been inconsistent. We examined the relation with colon cancer risk in a series of 13 prospective studies. Methods: Study-and sex-specific relative risks (RRs) were estimated from the primary data using Cox proportional hazards models and then pooled using a random-effects model....article 2010
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Simons, C.C.J.M. (author), Leurs, L.J. (author), Weijenberg, M.P. (author), Schouten, L.J. (author), Goldbohm, R.A. (author), van den Brandt, P.A. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Total fluid intake, specifically water intake, has been suggested to protect against colorectal cancer. We examined the association of total fluid intake with colorectal cancer endpoints and possible effect modification by fiber intake within the Netherlands Cohort Study (N = 120,852). We also investigated intake of specific beverages. After 13...article 2010
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Hughes, L.A.E. (author), van den Brandt, P.A. (author), Goldbohm, R.A. (author), d Goeij, A.F.P.M. (author), de Bruïne, A.P. (author), van Engeland, M. (author), Weijenberg, M.P. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Background: Energy restriction during childhood and adolescence is suggested to lower colorectal cancer (CRC) risk. We investigated this in the Netherlands Cohort Study. Methods: Information on diet and other risk factors was collected by a baseline questionnaire in 1986 when cohort members were 55-69 years of age (n = 120 852). Three indicators...article 2010
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Simons, C.C.J.M. (author), Hughes, L.A.E. (author), Arts, I.C.W. (author), Goldbohm, R.A. (author), van den Brandt, P.A. (author), Weijenberg, M.P. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Dietary flavonoids are hypothesized to be protective against colorectal cancer, yet findings have been inconsistent. We examined the association of dietary flavonol, flavone and catechin intake with colorectal cancer endpoints within the Netherlands Cohort Study (NLCS). In addition, we explored whether body mass index (BMI) may be an effect...article 2009
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Hughes, L.A.E. (author), Schouten, L.J. (author), Goldbohm, R.A. (author), van den Brandt, P.A. (author), Weijenberg, M.P. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)BACKGROUND: Few studies have considered the potential utility of clothing size as a predictor of diseases associated with body weight. METHODS: We used data on weight-stable men and women from a subcohort of the Netherlands Cohort Study to assess the correlation of clothing size with other anthropometric variables. Cox regression using the case...article 2009
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de Vogel, S. (author), Wouters, K.A.D. (author), Gottschalk, R.W.H. (author), van Schooten, F.J. (author), de Goeij, A.F.P.M. (author), de Bruïne, A.P. (author), Goldbohm, R.A. (author), van den Brandt, P.A. (author), Weijenberg, M.P. (author), van Engeland, M. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Aberrant DNA methylation affects carcinogenesis of colorectal cancer. Folate metabolizing enzymes may influence the bioavailability of methyl groups, whereas DNA and histone methyltransferases are involved in epigenetic regulation of gene expression. We studied associations of genetic variants of folate metabolizing enzymes (MTHFR, MTR, and MTRR...article 2009
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TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author), Hughes, L.A.E. (author), van den Brandt, P.A. (author), de Bruïne, A.P. (author), Wouters, K.A.D. (author), Hulsmans, S. (author), Spiertz, A. (author), Goldbohm, R.A. (author), de Goeij, A.F.P.M. (author), Herman, J.G. (author), Weijenberg, M.P. (author), van Engeland, M. (author)Background: Exposure to energy restriction during childhood and adolescence is associated with a lower risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC). Epigenetic dysregulation during this critical period of growth and development may be a mechanism to explain such observations. Within the Netherlands Cohort Study on diet and cancer, we investigated...article 2009
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Weijenberg, M.P. (author), Mullie, P.F.F. (author), Brants, H.A.M. (author), Heinen, M.M. (author), Goldbohm, R.A. (author), van den Brandt, P.A. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author), KvL (author)Since hyperinsulinemia is implicated in the development of colorectal cancer, determinants of serum insulin levels, like the glycemic load and the glycemic index of the diet, could influence cancer risk. Our objective was to evaluate whether a diet with a high glycemic load or glycemic index is associated with increased colorectal cancer risk....article 2008
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Bongaerts, B.W.C. (author), van den Brandt, P.A. (author), Goldbohm, R.A. (author), de Goeij, A.F.P.M. (author), Weijenberg, M.P. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Within the Netherlands Cohort Study on diet and cancer, we investigated associations between total alcohol consumption, specific alcoholic beverage consumption and risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) according to anatomical subsite. Hazard Ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were estimated using Cox proportional hazards models. Analyses...article 2008
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de Vogel, S. (author), Dindore, V. (author), van Engeland, M. (author), Goldbohm, R.A. (author), van den Brandt, P.A. (author), Weijenberg, M.P. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Adequate intake of folate, methionine, riboflavin, and vitamin B-6 may prevent aberrant DNA methylation and thereby protect against colorectal cancer (CRC). However, previous epidemiological studies investigating associations between dietary intakes of these nutrients and CRC have been inconsistent. We investigated the associations between...article 2008
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