Association Between Low Vitamin D Status and Colorectal Cancer

<p>Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer related death in the United States. Past studies have shown an association between vitamin D status and colorectal cancer rate. However, the researcher's objective is to use the cross sectional data collected in the NHANES III, which is a program of studies designed to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the United States, to investigate how low vitamin D status affects the rates of colorectal cancer in the adult population of the United States. To investigate the association between colorectal cancer and vitamin D status, multivariate regression analysis was used. After analysis it was found that people that had been previously diagnosed with colorectal cancer were more likely to have higher levels of serum vitamin D levels than those that had not been diagnosed. This unexpected result was attributed to using prevalence data instead of incidence data.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

M.S.P.H.

Level thesis:degree_level

Campus Access Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Year

2011

Author dc:creator

• Nellom, Tanishah

Contributors dc:contributor

• Anwar T Merchant

• Epidemiology
• Medicine and Health Sciences
• Public Health
• colon cancer
• low vitamin D
• NHANES
• rectal cancer
• vitamin D

Statement dc:rights

• © 2011, Tanishah Nellom

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/1173

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarcommons.sc.edu:etd-2174