Alcohol consumption in patients with colorectal adenomatous polyps.

Abstract

The risk ofdeveloping colorectal adenomatous polyps is probably increased by a variety of dietary and environmental factors. We found an association with current alcohol and cigarette consumption.

Risk factors for self-reported colon polyps

“…The prospective studies of health professionals also suggested an independent risk associated with high alcohol consumption, 5,15 an association that has been demonstrated for adenomatous polyps in some recent case-control studies, [31][32][33][34] but not in others. 26,[35][36][37][38][39][40] Three case-control studies found an association between high alcohol consumption and adenomatous polyps among men, but not among women.…”

Modifiable Risk Factors for Colorectal Neoplasms and Hyperplastic Polyps

“…Chan et al (32) We found ten studies (1,5,7,10,12,13,16,29,33,34) regarding the association between ethanol consumption and colon polyps where all polyps were diagnosed by full colonoscopy. Three (1,13,16) of the ten studies also investigated the association between ethanol and HP.…”

“…Regarding the association between colorectal adenoma and obesity, we have found four studies (21)(22)(23)(24) (25) reported that high BMI is not associated with colorectal adenoma but visceral o p l a s i a a n d Hy p e r p l a s t i c P o l y (1,7,9,11,29) from the meta-analysis.…”

“…These factors may be more important than genetic factors because they are modifiable, either in primary prevention of polyp development or in the prevention of metachronous polyps after polypectomy or resection of colonic cancers. (1,(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14). However, only a few studies using full colonoscopy to detect polyps have investigated the association between HP and smoking and between colorectal polyps and obesity or alcohol consumption (1,9,13,15,16).…”

“…None of the three suggested a significant association. Seven (1,5,7,10,12,29,34) found some association between drinking and adenoma (26 (26,39,40) …”