Acrylamide and glycidamide hemoglobin adduct levels and endometrial cancer risk: A nested case-control study in nonsmoking postmenopausal women from the EPIC cohort

Mireia Obón-Santacana, Heinz Freisling, Petra H. Peeters, Leila Lujan-Barroso, Pietro Ferrari, Marie Christine Boutron-Ruault, Sylvie Mesrine, Laura Baglietto, Renee Turzanski-Fortner, Verena A. Katzke, Heiner Boeing, J. Ramón Quirós, Elena Molina-Portillo, Nerea Larrañaga, María Dolores Chirlaque, Aurelio Barricarte, Kay Tee Khaw, Nick Wareham, Ruth C. Travis, Melissa A. MerrittMarc J. Gunter, Antonia Trichopoulou, Pagona Lagiou, Androniki Naska, Domenico Palli, Sabina Sieri, Rosario Tumino, Valentina Fiano, Rocco Galassom, H. B. Bueno-de-Mesquita, N. Charlotte Onland-Moret, Annika Idahl, Eva Lundin, Elisabete Weiderpass, Hubert Vesper, Elio Riboli, Eric J. Duell*

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Abstract

Acrylamide, classified in 1994 by IARC as "probably carcinogenic to humans," was discovered in 2002 in some heat-treated, carbohydrate-rich foods. Four prospective studies have evaluated the association between dietary acrylamide intake and endometrial cancer (EC) risk with inconsistent results. The purpose of this nested case-control study, based on the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort, was to evaluate, for the first time, the association between hemoglobin adducts of acrylamide (HbAA) and glycidamide (HbGA) and the risk of developing EC in non-smoking postmenopausal women. Hemoglobin adducts were measured in red blood cells by HPLC/MS/MS. Four exposure variables were evaluated: HbAA, HbGA, their sum (HbAA+HbGA), and their ratio (HbGA/HbAA). The association between hemoglobin adducts and EC was evaluated using unconditional multivariable logistic regression models, and included 383 EC cases (171 were type-I EC), and 385 controls. Exposure variables were analyzed in quintiles based on control distributions. None of the biomarker variables had an effect on overall EC (HRHbAA;Q5vsQ1: 0.84, 95%CI: 0.49-1.48; HRHbGA;Q5vsQ1: 0.94, 95%CI: 0.54-1.63) or type-I EC risk. Additionally, none of the subgroups investigated (BMI<25 vs. ≥25 kg m-2, alcohol drinkers vs. never drinkers, oral contraceptive users vs. non-users) demonstrated effect measure modification. Hemoglobin adducts of acrylamide or glycidamide were not associated with EC or type-I EC risk in 768 nonsmoking postmenopausal women from the EPIC cohort.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1129-1138
Number of pages10
JournalInternational Journal of Cancer
Volume138
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2016

Keywords

  • Acrylamide
  • Endometrial cancer
  • EPIC
  • Glycidamide
  • Hemoglobin adduct

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