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The second set of analyses (fully adjusted) were adjusted for all covariates and potential confounders: age, sex, race, poverty to income ratio, body mass index, prevalent cardiovascular disease, prevalent diabetes, prevalent chronic inflammatory condition, current acute illness, and use of alcohol, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication, aspirin, and estrogen replacement.
The asthma medication subscale incorporates current use of inhaled corticosteroids, inhaled non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents, inhaled bronchodilators, oral beta agonists and theophylline-containing medications, nasal medications (antihistamines, decongestants, and topical corticosteroids), and home nebulizer use.
NSAID: non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug
Other workers have noted that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, which inhibit COX activity result in increased COX protein expression [ 41], while differences between COX protein expression and activity have been reported to be produced by some cytokines, including tumor necrosis factor-α, and also nitric oxide donors [ 42, 43].
Regular use of aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) has been consistently associated with reduced risk of colorectal cancer and adenoma [ 1 2 3 4 ] , and there is some evidence for a protective effect for other types of cancer [ 5 6 7 8 9 ] . It is widely thought that the mechanism by which these drugs affect cancer risk is through the inhibition of the cyclooxygenase (COX) enzymes: the constitutively expressed COX-1 and the induced (in most tissues) COX-2 [ 10 ] . By inhibiting these enzymes, NSAIDs can inhibit prostaglandin synthesis, enhance cellular immune response, or induce of apoptosis, all of which have been postulated to be involved in carcinogenesis [ 11 12 13 ] .
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