Calcium: magnesium intake ratio and colorectal carcinogenesis, results from the prostate, lung, colorectal, and ovarian cancer screening trial.

Zhao J, Giri A, Zhu X, Shrubsole MJ, Jiang Y, Guo X, Ness R, Seidner DL, Giovannucci E, Edwards TL, Dai Q. Calcium: magnesium intake ratio and colorectal carcinogenesis, results from the prostate, lung, colorectal, and ovarian cancer screening trial. British journal of cancer. 2019 Oct;121(121). 796-804. PMID: 31543516 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC6889387

Abstract

We aimed to evaluate the associations between calcium and various stages of colorectal carcinogenesis and whether these associations are modified by the calcium to magnesium (Ca:Mg) ratio.