Research
Associations between nutritional indices and self-reported history of colorectal cancer in middle‑aged and older adults: a cross‑sectional study based on NHANES 1999–2020
Nature ·
The Brief
- Cross-sectional study based on NHANES 1999–2020 data.
- Examines associations between nutritional indices and self-reported history of colorectal cancer.
- Population studied is middle-aged and older adults.
Why it matters
It adds national survey evidence on how nutritional indices relate to colorectal cancer history, but its cross-sectional, self-reported design limits conclusions about cause and effect.
Who’s affected
- middle-aged and older adults
- researchers in nutritional epidemiology and colorectal cancer
- NHANES 1999–2020
- #colorectal cancer
- #nutrition
- #nhanes
- #epidemiology
- #diet
- #public health