Title
Anthropometry and pancreatic cancer risk: An illustration of the importance of microscopic verification
Author
Verhage, B.A.J.
Schouten, L.J.
Goldbohm, R.A.
van den Brandt, P.A.
TNO Kwaliteit van Leven
Publication year
2007
Abstract
Using data collected of a large population-based cohort study, we studied the association between anthropometric factors and the risk of pancreatic cancer. Furthermore, we investigated whether these associations differ among microscopically confirmed pancreatic cancer (MCPC) cases and non-MCPC (NMCPC) cases. The Netherlands Cohort Study on Diet and Cancer started in 1986 (120,852 men and women) and uses the case-cohort methodology. After 13.3 years of follow-up, 446 pancreatic cancer cases (of which 65% was microscopically confirmed) and 4,774 subcohort members were available for analysis. The multivariable incidence rate ratio of MCPC of men was 1.10 per increment of 1 kg·m-2 (95% confidence interval, 1.04-1.18). Women had a rate ratio of MCPC of 1.08 (95% confidence interval, 1.03-1.13). Obese men [body mass index (BMI) ≥30 kg·m-2] had a 2.6-fold increased risk of MCPC compared with men with BMI 23 to 25 kg·m-2. For women, this increase in risk was 1.7-fold. Change in BMI between age 20 years and baseline was also associated with MCPC in both men and women. In men and women, none of these associations were observed for NMCPC, with the exception of the increased risk for pancreatic cancer in obese men. We observed statistically significant associations between both BMI, gain in BMI, and pancreatic cancer risk. These associations are observed only in MCPC and not in NMCPC. If MCPC and NMCPC had been considered as one group, the reported associations would not have been detected. These findings stress the need to evaluate heterogeneity among pancreatic cancer cases in etiologic studies. Copyright © 2007 American Association for Cancer Research.
Subject
Health
Food and Chemical Risk Analysis
adult
anthropometry
article
body mass
cancer diagnosis
cancer risk
cell heterogeneity
confidence interval
controlled study
female
human
major clinical study
male
methodology
microscopy
multivariate analysis
obesity
pancreas cancer
priority journal
risk assessment
risk factor
statistical significance
Aged
Anthropometry
Body Mass Index
Case-Control Studies
Cohort Studies
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Netherlands
Pancreatic Neoplasms
Prospective Studies
Risk Factors
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.epi-07-0201
TNO identifier
240042
ISSN
1055-9965
Source
Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, 16 (7), 1449-1454
Document type
article