TY - JOUR T1 - Yogurt consumption and risk of conventional and serrated precursors of colorectal cancer JF - Gut JO - Gut SP - 970 LP - 972 DO - 10.1136/gutjnl-2019-318374 VL - 69 IS - 5 AU - Xiaobin Zheng AU - Kana Wu AU - Mingyang Song AU - Shuji Ogino AU - Charles S Fuchs AU - Andrew T Chan AU - Edward L Giovannucci AU - Yin Cao AU - Xuehong Zhang Y1 - 2020/05/01 UR - http://gut.bmj.com/content/69/5/970.1.abstract N2 - Davenport et al 1 underscored the urgent need to identify new modifiable factors for colorectal adenomas. A few studies2 3 reported that higher yogurt intake may reduce the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC), potentially mediated by the gut microbiome. However, no study has yet evaluated the association between yogurt intake and precursors of CRC.We prospectively evaluated the association between yogurt intake and risk of conventional adenoma and serrated lesion, among 32 606 men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (HPFS) and 55 743 women in the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS), who have undergone lower endoscopy between 1986 and 2012. These participants provided detailed information on demographics, lifestyle and diet including yogurt consumption every 4 years. Multivariable logistic regressions were used to calculate ORs and 95% CIs associated with cumulative average of yogurt intake. We examined the associations by adenoma type (conventional adenomas only, serrated lesions only or both), malignant potential (for conventional adenomas: high-risk (≥1 cm or with villous component or high grade/severe dysplasia, or ≥3 adenomas) vs low risk; for serrated lesions: ≥1 vs <1 cm) and anatomical site (proximal, distal or rectum).We documented 5811 adenomas in men and 8116 adenomas in women. In men, compared with individuals without yogurt consumption, men who consumed ≥2 servings/week had a lower risk of conventional adenoma (multivariable OR=0.81, 95% CI=0.71 to 0.94, ptrend=0.01; table 1). This inverse association was more pronounced for adenomas with high malignant potential … ER -