Interaction between visfatin and resistin and the risk of colorectal adenoma.

438 Background: Colorectal adenoma is a well-established precursor lesion of colorectal cancer, so the prevention of adenoma may also contribute to the prevention of cancer. Adipocyte secretes hormones, namely adipocytokines, some of which are likely to be associated with malignancies such as colorectal, breast, and prostate gland cancer. Among several adipocytokines, resistin and visfatin have been suggested to be associated with the progression of colon cancer, and they could therefore be good biomarkers for colorectal adenoma and cancer. Methods: Prior to any procedures, healthy volunteers provided their venous blood, from which we obtained the plasma to measure concentrations of adiponectin, visfatin, and resistin. We underwent total colonoscopy, and identified 776 adenoma cases (522 males, 254 females), 734 controls (478 males, 256 females) were selected from those without adenoma. An unconditional logistic regression model was used to estimate odds ratios for colorectal adenoma after adjustment for ...