Novel Biomarkers of Habitual Alcohol Intake and Associations With Risk of Pancreatic and Liver Cancers and Liver Disease Mortality

Erikka Loftfield, Magdalena Stepien, Vivian Viallon, Laura Trijsburg, Joseph A Rothwell, Nivonirina Robinot, Carine Biessy, Ingvar A Bergdahl, Stina Bodén, Matthias B Schulze, Manuela Bergman, Elisabete Weiderpass, Julie A Schmidt, Raul Zamora-Ros, Therese H Nøst, Torkjel M Sandanger, Emily Sonestedt, Bodil Ohlsson, Verena Katzke, Rudolf KaaksFulvio Ricceri, Anne Tjønneland, Christina C Dahm, Maria-Jose Sánchez, Antonia Trichopoulou, Rosario Tumino, María-Dolores Chirlaque, Giovanna Masala, Eva Ardanaz, Roel Vermeulen, Paul Brennan, Demetrius Albanes, Stephanie J Weinstein, Augustin Scalbert, Neal D Freedman, Marc J Gunter, Mazda Jenab, Rashmi Sinha, Pekka Keski-Rahkonen, Pietro Ferrari

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BACKGROUND: Alcohol is an established risk factor for several cancers, but modest alcohol-cancer associations may be missed because of measurement error in self-reported assessments. Biomarkers of habitual alcohol intake may provide novel insight into the relationship between alcohol and cancer risk.

METHODS: Untargeted metabolomics was used to identify metabolites correlated with self-reported habitual alcohol intake in a discovery dataset from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC; n = 454). Statistically significant correlations were tested in independent datasets of controls from case-control studies nested within EPIC (n = 280) and the Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention (ATBC; n = 438) study. Conditional logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for associations of alcohol-associated metabolites and self-reported alcohol intake with risk of pancreatic cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), liver cancer, and liver disease mortality in the contributing studies.

RESULTS: Two metabolites displayed a dose-response association with self-reported alcohol intake: 2-hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid and an unidentified compound. A 1-SD (log2) increase in levels of 2-hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid was associated with risk of HCC (OR = 2.54, 95% CI = 1.51 to 4.27) and pancreatic cancer (OR = 1.43, 95% CI = 1.03 to 1.99) in EPIC and liver cancer (OR = 2.00, 95% CI = 1.44 to 2.77) and liver disease mortality (OR = 2.16, 95% CI = 1.63 to 2.86) in ATBC. Conversely, a 1-SD (log2) increase in questionnaire-derived alcohol intake was not associated with HCC or pancreatic cancer in EPIC or liver cancer in ATBC but was associated with liver disease mortality (OR = 2.19, 95% CI = 1.60 to 2.98) in ATBC.

CONCLUSIONS: 2-hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid is a candidate biomarker of habitual alcohol intake that may advance the study of alcohol and cancer risk in population-based studies.

OriginalspråkEngelska
Sidor (från-till)1542-1550
Antal sidor9
TidskriftJournal of the National Cancer Institute
Volym113
Nummer11
DOI
StatusPublicerad - 2021-nov.-02
Externt publiceradJa

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