medRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.31.21262900; this version posted September 2, 2021. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted medRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under a CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license . Title: Consensus molecular subtype differences linking colon adenocarcinoma and obesity revealed by a cohort transcriptomic analysis Short Title: Obesity and colon cancer Michael W. Greene1*, Peter T. Abraham2, Peyton C. Kuhlers1,3, Elizabeth A. Lipke2, Martin J. Heslin4, Stanley T. Wijaya1 and Ifeoluwa Odeniyi1 1Department of Nutrition, Dietetics, and Hospitality Management, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA 2Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA 3Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA 4Mitchell Cancer Institute, The University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36604, USA *Corresponding author: Michael W. Greene
[email protected] NOTE: This preprint reports new research that has not been certified by peer review and should not be used to guide clinical practice. 1 medRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.31.21262900; this version posted September 2, 2021. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted medRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under a CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license . Abstract Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States and worldwide.