Serum cholesterol and cancer in the NHANES I epidemiologic followup study

A longitudinal risk assessment study covering ca. 10 years and involving a unique cohort based on a probability sample of the US population (5125 men evidencing 459 cancers and 258 deaths; 7363 women evidencing 398 cancers and 186 deaths) evaluated the relationship between serum cholesterol levels a...

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Published inThe Lancet (North American edition) Vol. 2; no. 8554; pp. 298 - 301
Main Authors Schatzkin, A, Hoover, R.N, Taylor, P.R, Ziegler, R.G, Carter, C.L, Larson, D.B, Licitra, L.M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 08.08.1987
Subjects
blood composition
CARCINOMA
CARCINOME
CHOLESTEROL
COLESTEROL
COMPOSICION DE LA SANGRE
COMPOSITION DU SANG
ENCUESTAS
ENQUETE
ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA
ETATS-UNIS
MORTALIDAD
MORTALITE
mortality
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
national surveys
prediction
PREVISION
PRONOSTICO
United States
United States
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Summary:A longitudinal risk assessment study covering ca. 10 years and involving a unique cohort based on a probability sample of the US population (5125 men evidencing 459 cancers and 258 deaths; 7363 women evidencing 398 cancers and 186 deaths) evaluated the relationship between serum cholesterol levels and cancer incidence and mortality. An inverse relationship was found, particularly in men: men in the lowest serum cholesterol quintile had ca. twice the risk for cancer incidence and mortality; women in the same quintile had ca. twice the cancer mortality risk, but only ca. 1.2 times the cancer incidence risk. The potential validity of this relationship is discussed.(wz)
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