Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD
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July 2019
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Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis · Jul 2019
Statin use and site-specific risk of colorectal cancer in individuals with hypercholesterolemia from the National Health Insurance Service-National Health Screening Cohort (NHIS-HEALS).
We investigated the association between statin use and site-specific risk of colorectal cancer in individuals with hypercholesterolemia. ⋯ High statin users with hypercholesterolemia were associated with lower risk of overall colorectal cancer, especially proximal colon cancer in men and rectal cancer in both sexes.