“…Briefly, 12 case-control studies were performed in Asians, [ 22 , 23 , 36 – 38 , 40 , 41 , 44 , 45 , 50 , 52 , 53 ] 12 in Caucasians, [ 14 , 31 – 36 , 39 , 42 , 46 , 47 , 51 ] 5 in Mixed. [ 30 , 36 , 43 , 48 , 49 ] As for study design, there were 2 FB, [ 30 , 31 ] 14 PB, [ 14 , 23 , 32 , 33 , 36 , 37 , 39 , 41 – 45 , 48 , 50 , 53 ] and 11 HB. [ 22 , 34 , 35 , 38 , 40 , 43 , 46 , 47 , 49 , 51 , 52 ] Eleven studies described the specific location of CRC.…”