Fat, Fiber and Cancer Risk in African Americans and Rural Africans

Rates of colon cancer are much higher in African Americans (65:100,000) than in rural South Africans (<5:100,000). The higher rates are associated with higher animal protein and fat and lower fiber consumption, higher colonic secondary bile acids, lower colonic short chain fatty acid quantities a...

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Main Authors: O'Keefe, Stephen J.D., Li, Jia V., Lahti, Leo, Ou, Junhai, Carbonero, Franck, Mohammed, Khaled, Posma, Joram M, Kinross, James, Wahl, Elaine, Ruder, Elizabeth, Vipperla, Kishore, Naidoo, Vasudevan, Mtshali, Lungile, Tims, Sebastian, Puylaert, Philippe G.B., DeLany, James, Krasinskas, Alyssa, Benefiel, Ann C., Kaseb, Hatem O., Newton, Keith, Nicholson, Jeremy K., de Vos, Willem M., Gaskins, H. Rex, Zoetendal, Erwin G.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4415091/