Brief Article
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World J Gastroenterol. May 7, 2014; 20(17): 5025-5030
Published online May 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i17.5025
Dietary habits of colorectal neoplasia patients in comparison to their first-degree relatives
Ivana Mikoviny Kajzrlikova, Petr Vitek, Josef Chalupa, Petr Dite
Ivana Mikoviny Kajzrlikova, Petr Vitek, Josef Chalupa, Beskydy Gastrocentre, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Frydek-Mistek, 73818 Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic
Petr Vitek, Petr Dite, Center of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ostrava, Faculty of Medicine, 70852 Ostrava, Czech Republic
Author contributions: Kajzrlikova IM and Vitek P designed the study, performed endoscopic examinations, collected and analyzed the data, and co-authored the final text; Chalupa J performed endoscopic examinations and collected the data; Dite P edited the final version of the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Ivana Mikoviny Kajzrlikova, MD, Beskydy Gastrocentre, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Frydek-Mistek, El. Krasnohorske 321, 73818 Frydek Mistek, Czech Republic. kajzrlikova@kolonoskopie.cz
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Received: October 27, 2013
Revised: January 12, 2014
Accepted: February 17, 2014
Published online: May 7, 2014
Core Tip

Core tip: We compared the dietary habits of patients with neoplasia (patients and their first-degree relatives with neoplasia) and without neoplasia (first-degree relatives without neoplasia and an unrelated control group). We did not identify significant differences in dietary habits between the groups; however, we did identify statistically significant differences between the dietary habits of men and women in all groups. In all groups, women had healthier dietary habits. Modification of screening guidelines according to sex may improve the efficiency of screening programs, although further studies are needed to support this hypothesis.