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Oxidative Balance Score, Colorectal Adenoma, and Markers of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation

So Yeon J. Kong, Roberd M. Bostick, W. Dana Flanders, William M. McClellan, Bharat Thyagarajan, Myron D. Gross, Suzanne Judd and Michael Goodman
So Yeon J. Kong
1Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health; 2Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; 3Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and 4Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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Roberd M. Bostick
1Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health; 2Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; 3Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and 4Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
1Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health; 2Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; 3Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and 4Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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W. Dana Flanders
1Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health; 2Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; 3Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and 4Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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William M. McClellan
1Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health; 2Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; 3Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and 4Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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Bharat Thyagarajan
1Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health; 2Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; 3Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and 4Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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Myron D. Gross
1Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health; 2Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; 3Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and 4Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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Suzanne Judd
1Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health; 2Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; 3Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and 4Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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Michael Goodman
1Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health; 2Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; 3Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and 4Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
1Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health; 2Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; 3Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and 4Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-13-0619 Published March 2014
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Abstract

Background: An oxidative balance score (OBS) that combines pro- and antioxidant exposures was previously reported to be associated with incident sporadic colorectal adenoma. We extend the previous analyses by assessing associations of the OBS and colorectal adenoma with circulating biomarkers of oxidative stress [F2-isoprostanes (FIP) and fluorescent oxidation products (FOP)], and inflammation [C-reactive protein (CRP)].

Methods: Using pooled data from two previously conducted colonoscopy-based case–control studies of incident, sporadic colorectal adenoma (n = 365), the OBS was constructed and divided into three approximately equal intervals, with the lowest interval used as the reference. Biomarker levels were dichotomized as “high” versus “low” based on the median values among controls. Multivariable logistic regression was used to calculate adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).

Results: For the OBS–adenoma association, the ORs (95% CIs) for the middle and highest (relative to the lowest) score intervals were 0.81 (0.46–1.43) and 0.39 (0.17–0.89), respectively. The corresponding OBS category-specific ORs (95% CIs) were 0.50 (0.25–1.01) and 0.25 (0.10–0.65) for FIP, 2.01 (1.13–3.75) and 3.48 (1.51–8.02) for FOP, and 0.57 (0.31–1.04) and 0.21 (0.09–0.49) for CRP. The ORs (95% CIs) reflecting associations of adenoma with high levels of FIP, FOP, and CRP were 1.89 (1.08–3.30), 1.82 (1.11–2.99), and 1.45 (0.88–2.40), respectively.

Conclusions: As hypothesized, the OBS was inversely associated with colorectal adenoma and circulating FIP and CRP levels. The reason for the unexpected direct OBS–FOP association is unknown.

Impact: These data support the use of combined measures of pro- and antioxidant exposures in studies of colorectal neoplasia. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 23(3); 545–54. ©2014 AACR.

Introduction

A considerable body of evidence from basic science and animal studies supports the role of oxidative stress as both an initiator and a promoter of carcinogenesis; however, epidemiologic studies of associations between individual determinants of oxidative stress and cancer are conflicting (1–5). One potential explanation for this discrepancy is the complex and multifactorial nature of mechanisms by which oxidative stress may affect cancer risk. The independent effects of individual oxidative balance–related exposures are difficult to ascertain because they may be small and highly correlated and because of the likely biologic interactions involving multiple pro- and antioxidant factors (6). Therefore, it was suggested that a combined measure that takes into account multiple pro- and antioxidant exposures might be a more accurate indicator of the overall oxidative stress burden of an individual (7, 8). We and others previously proposed an oxidative balance score (OBS) as a measure of combined pro- and antioxidant exposure status (8, 9). We illustrated this approach using data from previously conducted case–control studies of incident, sporadic colorectal adenoma (10–12).

Many known pro- and antioxidants have been found to act through a variety of pro- and anticarcinogenic mechanisms that may be independent of oxidative stress. Experimental biology evidence demonstrates that antioxidant nutrients may exert antiproliferative effects on cells (13) and regulate gene expression (14) and immune response (15). Similarly, smoking, in addition to acting as pro-oxidant, has direct carcinogenic effects in many tissues and organ systems (16). These examples illustrate that the reported associations between the OBS and health outcomes (8–11) may or may not be attributable to changes in oxidative stress. For this reason, it is important to assess how the OBS, which is designed to measure modifiable pro- and antioxidant exposures, may be related to biomarkers of oxidative stress or oxidative damage.

Currently, F2-isoprostanes (FIP) are considered to be the best available biomarker of oxidative stress in vivo (17–19). However, FIP measure only lipid peroxidation and may not reflect oxidative damage of proteins and DNA. Moreover, measuring FIP is expensive and requires careful sample handling and rapid processing. Thus, the use of FIP may not be practical in very large epidemiologic studies and is probably not suitable for analyses of archived samples that may have been affected by in vitro oxidation (20, 21).

A possible alternative to FIP as a biomarker of oxidative stress is plasma fluorescent oxidation products (FOP). FOP measure oxidation products from several sources, including lipids, proteins, and DNA, and thus may serve as a more global indicator of oxidative stress (21, 22). Previously used in the food industry and in vitro studies to detect oxidation (23–25), FOP are now being proposed as potential biomarkers of oxidative stress that can be used in clinical and epidemiologic studies. An additional advantage of FOP is that they are relatively easy to measure and are stable and can be assessed in samples with variable handling and storage protocols (26). Recently, a nested case–control study (22) and a small prospective study (27) reported that plasma FOP significantly and independently predicted risk of coronary heart disease. Yet, there have been no reported studies that measured plasma FOP in relation to cancer risk. Moreover, no previous studies assessed associations of FOP with measures of pro- and antioxidant exposures or the correlation between FOP and FIP.

It is important to emphasize that oxidative stress is closely related to inflammation and that these two processes should probably be assessed together. Chronic inflammation is associated with elevated oxidative stress levels; conversely, oxidative stress has proinflammatory effects through activation of NF-κB, a transcription factor that increases expression of cytokines, chemokines, and cell adhesion molecules (28–30). Thus, inflammation may be seen as both a cause and consequence of oxidative stress. For all of the above reasons, an examination of an association between oxidative stress-modifying exposures and biomarkers of oxidative stress may be better informed by also taking into consideration the level of inflammation, which is commonly assessed by measuring serum C-reactive protein (CRP).

CRP is an acute-phase reactant that is produced in response to inflammatory stimuli (31). As one of relatively few well-characterized, reliable biomarkers of inflammation (32), CRP has been found to be closely related to oxidative stress (33). Several measures of oxidative stress, including circulating levels of oxidized low-density lipoproteins, free-oxygen radical test (FORT) results, and urine concentrations of FIP, have been reported to be positively correlated with serum CRP (34, 35); however, a CRP–OBS association has not been reported.

In this study, we extend our previous analysis of an OBS and adenoma (16) by examining whether the OBS is associated with FIP and FOP and by assessing the association of the OBS with inflammation as measured by serum CRP. We further explore associations of the three markers (FIP, FOP, and CRP) with risk of incident sporadic colorectal adenoma.

Materials and Methods

Study population

We used pooled data from two previously conducted colonoscopy-based case–control studies of incident, sporadic colorectal adenoma carried out in two different U.S. states by the same principal investigator (RMB). The first study, Markers of Adenomatous Polyps I (MAP I), was conducted in community gastroenterology practices in Winston-Salem and Charlotte, North Carolina. The second study, Markers of Adenomatous Polyps II (MAP II), identical in design to MAP I, was conducted at Consultants in Gastroenterology, PA, a large, private practice in Columbia, South Carolina.

Participants for these two case–control studies included patients who were 30 to 74 years of age with no prior history of colorectal neoplasms who were scheduled to undergo outpatient, elective colonoscopy at one of the study sites. Assessment of initial participant eligibility was identical in both studies. Cases (n = 235) were first incident cases of colon or rectal adenomatous polyps at the time of elective outpatient colonoscopy, and controls (n = 391) were free of all polyps at colonoscopy. The detailed study methods for MAP I (36, 37) and MAP II (38, 39) were previously published.

Data collection

In both the MAP I and MAP II studies, a modified 153-item Willett food frequency questionnaire was administered to obtain information on usual dietary and nutritional supplement intakes (40, 41). Data were also collected on demographics, family history, lifestyle and body size characteristics, and medical history, including medications such as aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID). Total intakes of micronutrients (iron, vitamin C, β-carotene, and α-tocopherol) were calculated based on the sum of the total average daily dietary and supplement intakes.

For both studies, blood was collected, handled, and stored in a manner that allows measurements of pro-/antioxidants, FIP, FOP, and CRP. The samples were drawn into red-coated, prechilled vacutainer tubes, plunged into ice and shielded from light and immediately delivered to the laboratory where the blood was centrifuged under refrigeration. Plasma and serum were separated; aliquotted into O-ring–capped, amber-colored cryopreservation vials; the air in the vials was displaced with inert gas (nitrogen in MAP I and argon in MAP II); and then immediately frozen at −70°C until analysis. Plasma lycopene, α-carotene, β-carotene, lutein, β-cryptoxanthin, and α-tocopherol levels from both studies were measured using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC; refs. 42, 43). Plasma-free FIP was measured by a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method (44) by the Molecular Epidemiology and Biomarker Research Laboratory at the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN). This method, considered the gold standard for measuring FIP, measures a well-defined set of FIP isomers. The FIP were extracted from participants' samples using deuterium (4)-labeled 8-iso-prostaglandin F2α as an internal standard. Unlabeled, purified FIP was used as a calibration standard.

The modified method from Shimasaki (24) was used to measure FOP. The procedures were described in detail previously (26). Briefly, 0.2 mL of plasma was extracted with ethanol/ether (3:1 v/v) and vigorously mixed on a vortex mixer. The mixed solution was centrifuged for 10 minutes at 3,000 rpm, and 1 mL of supernatant was added to cuvettes for spectrofluormetric readings. The fluorescence was determined as relative fluorescence intensity units per milliliter of plasma at 360/430 nm wavelengths (excitation/emission) by a spectrofluorometer. Quinine sulfate diluted in 0.1 N H2SO4 was used for calibration. Due to the limited amount of plasma samples available, in about 22% of the population FOP were measured using serum samples instead of plasma; however, analyses of a subset of patients with both types of samples available indicated that the two sets of values were highly correlated (r = 0.9; P < 0.001). High-sensitivity CRP was measured by latex-enhanced immunonephelometry on a Behring nephelometer II (BN-II) analyzer [interassay coefficient of variation (CV) 4%; Behring Diagnostics].

Oxidative balance score

The OBS was calculated by combining information from a priori selected pro- and antioxidant factors, which are listed in Table 1. The blood levels of pro-oxidant (iron) and antioxidant (lycopene, α-carotene, β-carotene, lutein, β-cryptoxanthin, and α-tocopherol) nutrients were divided into low, medium, and high categories based on study-specific tertile values among the controls. We did not include plasma γ-tocopherol in the OBS because circulating levels of this antioxidant are not a direct measure of its intake, but rather a reflection of metabolic response to oxidative stress and inflammation (45). Nevertheless, because γ-tocopherol is the major form of vitamin E in the U.S. diet (46), we constructed two alternative score versions: with and without plasma γ-tocopherol.

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Table 1.

OBS assignment scheme

The tertile cutoffs for FFQ-derived variables (polyunsaturated fat, vitamin C, and alcohol) were study- and sex-specific. The participants with low (first tertile) pro-oxidant exposures were awarded 2 points, those with medium (second tertile) exposures received 1 point, and those with high (third tertile) exposures received 0 points. For alcohol consumption, nondrinkers, moderate drinkers (below median), and heavy drinkers (above median) received 2, 1, and 0 points, respectively. For antioxidants, low, medium, and high levels were assigned 0, 1, and 2 points, respectively. Similarly, for categorical variables, smoking status was categorized as never (2 points), former (1 point), and current (0 points); and for selenium supplement, aspirin, and NSAID use, 0 points were assigned to participants with no regular use, 1 point to those with unknown or missing data, and 2 points to those with regular use. The overall OBS was then calculated by summing the points assigned to each participant.

Statistical analyses

The OBS was treated as a continuous as well as an ordinal variable with all categories representing an approximately equal interval and the lowest interval used as the reference category. The use of equal intervals instead of quantiles (e.g., tertiles or quartiles) allows comparing extremes of the distribution. Unconditional logistic regression was used to examine three types of associations. First, we examined the association between the OBS and incident, sporadic colorectal adenoma, adjusting for age, race, sex, total energy intake, body mass index (BMI), plasma cholesterol, hormone replacement therapy (among women), physical activity, dietary fiber intake, study, and family history of colorectal cancer in a first-degree relative.

To assess the impact of individual OBS components on the overall results, we removed each component from the overall score and included that component as a covariate in the model. The association between colorectal adenoma and the OBS in each alternative model was then compared with the association between colorectal adenoma and the a priori–defined OBS in the original analysis.

Next, we examined the associations between the OBS and the markers of oxidative stress (FIP and FOP) and inflammation (CRP), which were dichotomized based on the study- and sex-specific medians among the controls, adjusting for the same potential confounding factors as in the first analysis. Finally, we examined the associations between the dichotomized markers of oxidative stress and inflammation and incident sporadic colorectal adenoma. The models for the third analysis included the same covariates as in the analysis of the association between the OBS and adenoma. Correlations among FIP, FOP, and CRP were assessed using Pearson correlation coefficients. We also conducted several sensitivity analyses to evaluate possible differences in results when (i) OBS quartiles were used instead of equal intervals; (ii) using biomarker quartiles to assess the biomarker–adenoma associations; and (iii) for the association between the OBS and each biomarker when both former and never smokers were assigned 2 points, whereas current smokers were assigned 0 points to consider the possibility that biomarkers may only be affected by current smoking status. The results of the logistic regression analyses were expressed as adjusted odds ratios (ORs) with corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs).

All models were assessed for collinearity and goodness of fit. A two-sided P value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Statistical analyses were performed the with SAS version 9.2 (SAS Institute) statistical software package.

Results

A total of 150 (64%) cases and 215 (55%) controls in the pooled MAP studies had sufficient information for calculating the OBS; however, complete covariate information was available for 139 cases and 201 controls. Selected characteristics of the cases and controls, by study, are shown in Table 2. Cases and controls did not differ considerably with regard to most risk factors; however, in MAP I, cases were more likely to be male, current smokers, and less likely to have a history of a first-degree relative with colorectal cancer. When the MAP studies were pooled, the mean plasma concentrations of α-carotene and β-cryptoxanthin were statistically significantly higher in the controls. The OBS ranged between 2 and 24 points. When the OBS was treated as a continuous variable, each additional score point was associated with a statistically significant lower risk of incident colorectal adenoma after multivariable adjustment (OR = 0.93, 95% CI, 0.88–0.99). Relative to those in the lowest OBS interval, risks for adenomas among those in the middle and the highest OBS intervals were statistically significantly 19% and 61% lower, respectively (P trend = 0.04; Table 3). When plasma levels of γ-tocopherol were added to the OBS, the results were essentially unaffected (Table 3).

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Selected baseline characteristics of participants in the MAP I and II case–control studies of incident, sporadic colorectal adenomas

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Table 3.

Association between OBS (with and without inclusion of γ-tocopherol) and incident, sporadic colorectal adenoma

The associations of the OBS with different markers of oxidative stress and inflammation are shown in Table 4. There was a statistically significant inverse higher OBS–FIP association. After adjusting for confounding factors, the ORs (95% CIs) for the middle and the highest OBS intervals (again using the lowest interval as reference) were 0.50 (0.25–1.01) and 0.25 (0.10–0.65), respectively (P trend < 0.01). The corresponding results for FOP were in the opposite direction; compared with the reference category, those in the middle and highest OBS intervals had adjusted ORs (95% CIs) of 2.01 (1.13–3.75) and 3.48 (1.51–8.02), respectively (P trend < 0.01).

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Table 4.

Associations between OBS and markers of oxidative stress and inflammation

The results for CRP were similar to those observed for FIP. Those in the middle and highest OBS interval groups were at approximately 40% and 80% lower risk, respectively, for having elevated CRP levels (P trend < 0.01; Table 4).

We further examined the associations of markers of oxidative stress and inflammation with incident, sporadic colorectal adenoma (Table 5). Elevated levels of both markers of oxidative stress (FIP and FOP) were statistically significantly associated with higher risk of colorectal adenoma; the adjusted ORs were 1.89 (95% CI, 1.08–3.30) for FIP and 1.82 (95% CI, 1.11–2.99) for FOP. The CRP–adenoma association was in the same direction as those for FIP and FOP, but it was not statistically significant (OR = 1.45; 95% CI, 0.88–2.40).

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Table 5.

Associations of markers of oxidative stress and inflammation with incident, sporadic colorectal adenoma

We also assessed correlations among FIP, FOP, and CRP. The Pearson correlation coefficients were 0.06, 0.09, and 0.08 between FOP and FIP, FOP and CRP, and FIP and CRP, respectively (P > 0.05 for all).

All sensitivity analyses are presented in Supplementary Tables. The results of the sensitivity analyses in which the observed association between colorectal adenoma and the original a priori–defined OBS (treated as a continuous variable) was compared with the corresponding results after each OBS component was removed from the score and included in the model as a covariate are shown in Supplementary Table S1. These sensitivity analyses produced a range of ORs from 0.91 (after exclusion of lycopene) to 0.96 (after exclusion of smoking). All OR estimates in the sensitivity analyses remained within 5% of the original OR of 0.93. When OBS quartiles were used instead of equal intervals, the results for the OBS–adenoma association remained essentially the same (Supplementary Table S2). In the sensitivity analyses in which biomarker quartiles were used instead of binary (high vs. low) categories, the estimates reflecting the associations between the biomarkers and adenoma were similar, but less stable and with wider CIs (Supplementary Table S3).

Discussion

Although oxidative stress is thought to play a prominent role in many human diseases, there is no definitive evidence linking pro- and antioxidants to specific human health outcomes (47). This discrepancy between biologic plausibility and the lack of established epidemiologic associations is likely explained by inadequate methods of assessing oxidative stress in humans.

Previously, we and others used a score approach to measure combined pro- and antioxidant exposure status in relation to risk of several cancers, including colorectal, prostate, and lung (6–11, 48). The current study extends our previous analyses by assessing associations between an OBS and markers of oxidative stress and inflammation and by assessing the possible relations of various biomarkers to each other and to colorectal adenoma risk. We found a rather strong and statistically significant inverse association between the OBS and plasma FIP, and a significant direct association between FIP and colorectal adenoma risk. These associations were in the hypothesized directions and are in agreement with evidence from other studies.

FIP are prostaglandin-like compounds formed nonenzymatically as products of free radical-mediated lipid peroxidation (19). Among various currently available markers of oxidative stress, FIP are considered the “gold standard” in humans (18, 44). Current literature also supports the use of FIP in studies of human diseases (19, 49). Elevated levels of FIP were found to be directly associated with a wide variety of conditions, including cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurologic, and renal diseases (50–53). Previously reported associations between FIP and individual anti- or pro-oxidant factors, however, have been inconsistent. Block and colleagues examined several physiologic and behavioral factors, including diet, for their individual contributions to oxidative damage, as measured by plasma FIP (33). Although they found statistically significant inverse correlations between plasma FIP and plasma ascorbic acid and several carotenoids, there were no associations with α-tocopherol, alcohol, or smoking. By contrast, Morrow and colleagues found significantly higher circulating plasma FIP in smokers than in the nonsmokers (54).

In a randomized, placebo-controlled trial of the effects of a combination of vitamin E and carotenoids on markers of antioxidant status and lipid peroxidation over 11 weeks among healthy persons (55), the group given supplemental 111 mg of α-tocopherol and 1.24 mg of carotenoids daily had a 15% reduction in plasma total F2α-isoprostanes concentrations. In our study, we observed approximately 75% lower levels of plasma FIP in those with the highest relative to those with the lowest OBS, suggesting that the composite measure of OBS is more strongly associated with FIP than is any individual anti- or pro-oxidant factor.

Plasma FOP were relatively recently introduced into human population-based studies as biomarkers of oxidative stress, but no reported studies used FOP in relation to neoplasia outcomes. Measurement of FOP was first developed by Dillard and Tappel (56) in 1971, and modified by Shimasaki in 1994 (24). FOP are thought to measure oxidation products from several sources, including lipids, proteins, and DNA, and thus are thought to serve as a global indicator of oxidative balance (22). Moreover, FOP are relatively unaffected by specimen quality and storage conditions, an important, practical consideration for epidemiologic field studies.

In two previous studies, high levels of FOP were statistically significantly directly associated with the incidence of cardiovascular (57) and coronary heart diseases (22). In another recent study (21), FOP were statistically significantly, positively associated with variables linked to systemic oxidative balance, including smoking, hypertension, and reduced renal function.

The findings for FOP in this study were unexpected. On the one hand, elevated FOP, like FIP, were associated with higher risk for colorectal adenoma. On the other hand, unlike FIP, a higher OBS was significantly associated with higher FOP concentrations. Moreover, although FOP and FIP are both presumed to reflect oxidative damage, there was no correlation between the two markers. Taken together, these results suggest that different components of the OBS may affect different processes; e.g., lipid peroxidation, inflammation, or some other process that is independent of lipid peroxidation, but is related to oxidative stress (see hypothetical diagram shown in Supplementary Fig. S1). The degree of lipid peroxidation is reflected by FIP, inflammation by CRP, and, hypothetically, nonlipid peroxidation component(s) of oxidative stress by FOP. If we assume that different components of the OBS exert different effects on lipid peroxidation and other oxidative stress mechanisms, then it is possible that the associations of the OBS with FOP and FIP will be in the opposite directions. As shown in Supplementary Table S4, this explanation is plausible because several OBS components were oppositely associated with FOP versus FIP concentrations.

Although the oxidative stress pathway is closely related to inflammation, most studies of biomarkers of oxidative stress do not consider markers of inflammation. The role of inflammation as both a cause and a result of oxidative stress is supported by a considerable body of evidence. Oxidative stress may play a role in inflammation by upregulating the production of proinflammatory cytokines such as interleukin (IL)-6 and acute-phase proteins such as CRP through activating redox-sensitive transcription factors such as NF-κB (58, 59). We found a statistically significant inverse association between the OBS and CRP, which was comparable with the corresponding association between the OBS and FIP.

A distinguishing feature of this study was the use of biomarker-based measurements for most OBS components. Food frequency questionnaires may not capture all sources of each nutrient, do not account for bioavailability, and are subject to recall bias, particularly in case–control studies in which exposure is assessed retrospectively (60). For these reasons, biochemical indicators are being used with increasing frequency. Unlike questionnaires, biomarkers are independent of recall and social desirability, and because blood levels reflect an individual's absorption and delivery to the circulation, they may provide better estimates of the relevant tissue doses (61, 62). On the other hand, biomarker-based measurements represent relatively recent exposures that may not reflect long-term patterns.

In addition to the general problems that are applicable to most case–control studies, our study has several limitations that are specific to the current analyses. First, the OBS was limited to dietary/lifestyle exposures and included no endogenous measures of antioxidant cell function. Although oxidative balance is affected by modifiable factors, such as those included in the OBS, oxidative balance is also determined by enzymatic mechanisms (63). Endogenous factors that influence DNA damage, cell growth, and cell death contribute to carcinogenesis through modulating gene expression (64). Another limitation of the current analysis is the assumption that individual pro- and antioxidant exposures have equal weights. An equal weighting approach might not represent the real relative biologic contributions of the individual oxidative stress–related exposures. It has been shown, for example, that ascorbate (vitamin C) has a lower redox potential than α-tocopherol and, thus, relative contributions of vitamins C and E may be different (65). On the other hand, we previously found that an OBS–colorectal adenoma association was not appreciably affected by various weighting methods (12).

In conclusion, our findings suggest that an OBS may serve as a composite measure of oxidative stress- and inflammation-related exposures. It is, however, unclear whether or how these exposures affect FOP, and what biochemical processes are reflected by plasma FOP concentrations. The lack of correlation between FOP and FIP also requires further study. Nevertheless, these data support the use of combined measures of pro- and antioxidant exposures in studies of colorectal neoplasia.

Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest

No potential conflicts of interest were disclosed.

Authors' Contributions

Conception and design: R.M. Bostick, W.M. McClellan, M.D. Gross, S. Judd, M. Goodman

Development of methodology: S.Y.J. Kong, R.M. Bostick, M. Goodman

Acquisition of data (provided animals, acquired and managed patients, provided facilities, etc.): R.M. Bostick, B. Thyagarajan, M.D. Gross, S. Judd

Analysis and interpretation of data (e.g., statistical analysis, biostatistics, computational analysis): S.Y.J. Kong, R.M. Bostick, W.D. Flanders, W.M. McClellan, B. Thyagarajan, M.D. Gross, M. Goodman

Writing, review, and/or revision of the manuscript: S.Y.J. Kong, R.M. Bostick, W.D. Flanders, W.M. McClellan, B. Thyagarajan, M.D. Gross, S. Judd, M. Goodman

Administrative, technical, or material support (i.e., reporting or organizing data, constructing databases): S.Y.J. Kong, R.M. Bostick, M. Goodman

Study supervision: R.M. Bostick, M. Goodman

Grant Support

M. Goodman, R.M. Bostick, W.D. Flanders, B. Thyagarajan, and M.D. Gross received support from the National Cancer Institute grant R01 CA116795. In addition, R.M. Bostick received support from the National Cancer Institute grant R01 CA66539 and from the Fullerton Foundation.

The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked advertisement in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.

Footnotes

  • Note: Supplementary data for this article are available at Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention Online (http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/).

  • Received July 1, 2013.
  • Revision received November 26, 2013.
  • Accepted December 15, 2013.
  • ©2014 American Association for Cancer Research.

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