Publications

These publications are examples of research made possible with data from CanPath and its regional cohorts.

2018

Physical Activity and Cancer Incidence in Alberta’s Tomorrow Project: Results from a Prospective Cohort of 26,538 Participants.

Authors: AM Barberio, CM Friedenreich, BM Lynch, KL Campbell, P Arora, DR Brenner

They were able to determine that a moderate to high level of physical activity could lead to a modest protection against the development of all cancer.

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2017

Diet quality is associated with reduced incidence of cancer and self-reported chronic disease: Observations from Alberta’s Tomorrow Project

Authors: Nathan Solbak, Jian-Yi Xu, Jennifer Vena, Ilona Csizmadi, Heather Whelan, Paula Robson

This study looked at food quality and how it is associated with risk of cancer and chronic disease. There were 25169 participants enrolled and it was found that the better the diet quality, the lower the risk of cancer.

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2017

The Comparative Reliability and Feasibility of the Past-Year Canadian Diet History Questionnaire II: Comparison of the Paper and Web

Authors: Geraldine Lo Siou, Ilona Cszimadi, Beatrice Boucher, Alianu Akawung, Heather Whelan, Michelle Sharma, Ala Al Rajabi, Jennifer Vena, Sharon Kirkpatrick, Anita Koushik, Isabelle Massarelli, Isabelle Rondreau, Paula Robson

This study looked at evaluating the intra-and inter-version reliability, feasability, and accetability of the Canadian Diet History Questionnaire II in a sub-sample of 648 adults. They were assigned either web or paper, 59% preferred the web version.

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2017

Alcohol consumption and low-risk drinking guidelines among adults: a cross-sectional analysis from Alberta’s Tomorrow Project

Authors: Darren Brenner, Tiffany Haig, Abbey Poirier, Alianu Akawung, Christine Friedenreich, Paula Robson

This article sought to determine how alcohol consumption affects the health of Alberta cohort participants and how it would be related to cancer prevention. They collected data from 26842 participants who self-reported. About 14% of men and 12% of women were over the recommened alcohol intake.Volume of consumption was positvely associated with current tobacco use in men and women. Many people drink despite the health risks, and lower drinking may reduce risks .

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2016

Rationale, design, and methods for Canadian alliance for healthy hearts and minds cohort study (CAHHM) – a Pan Canadian cohort study

Authors: Sonia S. Anand, Jack V. Tu, Philip Awadalla, Sandra Black, Catherine Boileau, David Busseuil, Dipika Desai, Jean-Pierre Després, Russell J. de Souza, Trevor Dummer, Sébastien Jacquemont, Bartha Knoppers, Eric Larose, Scott A. Lear, Francois Marcotte, Alan R. Moody, Louise Parker, Paul Poirier, Paula J. Robson, Eric E. Smith, John J. Spinelli, Jean-Claude Tardif, Koon K. Teo, Natasa Tusevljak, Matthias G. Friedrich

Canadian Alliance for Healthy Hearts and Minds (CAHHM) is a pan-Canadian, prospective, multi-ethnic cohort study being conducted in Canada. This project has sed CPTP data to help and assist it. CAHHM is a prospective cohort study which aims to examine the health of adults living in Canada.

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2015

Leisure-Time Physical Activity Does not Attenuate the Association Between Occupational Sedentary Behavior and Obesity: Results From Alberta’s Tomorrow Project.

Authors: Joshua Nicholas, Geraldine Lo Siou, Brigid Lynch, Paula Robson, Christine Friedenrich, and Ilona Csizmadi

Using ATP data, this study determined that those in sedendary jobs are more at higher risk of obesity and was not attenuated by physical activity. Women did not show the same risk with sedendary behaviour.

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2014

Conditions Associated with Circulating Tumor-Associated Folate Receptor 1 Protein in Healthy Men and Women

Authors: Linda Keleman, James Brenton, Christine Parkinson, Hayley Whitaker, Anna Piskorz, Ilona Csizmadi, Paula Robson

This article examined how FOLR1 protein could potentially be way to detect early cancer. The team used electrochemical luminescence immunoassay. The study concluded that they should use caution when saying that serum FOLR1 can detect early cancer as there has not been a study with enough evidence to truly determine that.

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2013

Assessing SNP-SNP Interactions among DNA Repair, Modification and Metabolism Related Pathway Genes in Breast Cancer Susceptibility

Authors: Yadav Sapkota,John R. Mackey,Raymond Lai,Conrado Franco-Villalobos,Sasha Lupichuk,Paula J. Robson,Karen Kopciuk,Carol E. Cass,Yutaka Yasui,Sambasivarao Damaraju

Our results provide a framework for evaluating SNPs showing statistically weak but reproducible single-locus effects for epistatic effects contributing to disease susceptibility.

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2010

The Epidemiology of Weight Perception: Perceived Versus Self-reported Actual Weight Status among Albertan Adults

Authors: J Linder, L McLaren, G Siou, I Cszimadi, P Robson

They analyzed data from the Tomorrow Project from 7436 people in Alberta between the ages of 35-69 which looked at weight perception accuracy. It seemed that women were more accurate about determining whether they were overweight or not, whereas the men were not always aware.

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