| Title: | Mediating mechanisms linking anthropometric, lifestyle and dietary risk factors with cancer risk |
| Lead Institution: | University of Oxford |
| Principal investigator: | Dr Aurora Perez-Cornago |
Application 24494
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The mediating mechanisms linking anthropometric and lifestyle risk factors with cancer development and survival remain unclear. We aim to investigate the potential mediating roles of metabolic factors (including biomarkers and intermediate conditions and diseases) on the association between risk factors (e.g. fat mass, diet, physical activity) and subsequent cancer diagnosis, death and survival by cancer type. The proposed project aims to understand the mechanisms that underpin the association of risk factors with cancer development and progression, which is consistent with UK Biobank's mission of health-related research that is in the interest of the public good. In the first stage of this project we will run prospective analyses to assess the associations of potential risk factors with risk of, and death from, specific cancers. If there are sufficient cases and available information on tumour characteristics, we will split tumours into subtypes. We will also assess the association between the potential risk factors and each of the possible mediators, as well as the prospective associations between the mediators and cancer risk. Finally, we will estimate the mediation effects of the individual mediators in the associations between risk factors and cancer risk. We intend to include all participants of the UK Biobank cohort.5 Returns
| Return ID | App ID | Description | Archive Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3602 | 24494 | Circulating Insulin-like Growth Factor-I Concentrations and Risk of 30 Cancers: Prospective Analyses in UK Biobank | 29 Jun 2021 |
| 4423 | 24494 | Description of the updated nutrition calculation of the Oxford WebQ questionnaire and comparison with the previous version among 207,144 participants in UK Biobank | 27 Jun 2022 |
| 2380 | 24494 | Evaluation of the New Individual Fatty Acid Dataset for UK Biobank: Analysis of Intakes and Sources in 207,997 Participants | 3 May 2024 |
| 3604 | 24494 | Health impacts and environmental footprints of diets that meet the Eatwell Guide recommendations: analyses of multiple UK studies | 29 Jun 2021 |
| 3603 | 24494 | Meat intake and cancer risk: prospective analyses in UK Biobank | 29 Jun 2021 |
17 Publications
3 Categories
| Category ID | Description | Items |
|---|---|---|
| 100052 | Diet | 33 |
| 100091 | Health-related outcomes | 1+2649 |
| 100050 | Lifestyle and environment | +155 |
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