Table 3: Estimated risks with consumption of red and processed meat and latency periods for calculating population attributable risk

Cancer site	Sex	RR estimate	Units, g/d	Risk per g/d	Source*	Latency period, yr
Red meat
Colorectal	Men	1.28	100	0.0025	WCRF 2011²	8
Colorectal	Women	1.05	100	0.00049	WCRF 2011²	8
Colon	Men	1.00	100	0	WCRF 2011²	8
Colon	Women	1.06	100	0.00058	WCRF 2011²	8
Rectum	All	1.18	100	0.0017	WCRF 2011²	8
Processed meat
Colorectal	Men	1.11	50	0.0021	WCRF 2011²	8
Colorectal	Women	1.09	50	0.0017	WCRF 2011²	8
Colon	Men	1.38	50	0.0064	WCRF 2011²	8
Colon	Women	1.64	50	0.0099	WCRF 2011²	8
Rectum	All	1.12	50	0.0023	WCRF 2011²	8

Note: RR = relative risk, WCRF = World Cancer Research Fund.

*Details concerning the meta-analysis that produced the RR found in the 2011 WCRF Continuous Update Project on Colorectal Cancer can be found at www.wcrf.org/sites/default/files/SLR_colorectal_cancer_2010.pdf