1. Association of Cardiometabolic Disease With Cancer in the Community
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Liu, Elizabeth E, Suthahar, Navin, Paniagua, Samantha M, Wang, Dongyu, Lau, Emily S, Li, Shawn X, Jovani, Manol, Takvorian, Katherine S, Kreger, Bernard E, Benjamin, Emelia J, Meijers, Wouter C, Bakker, Stephan JL, Kieneker, Lyanne M, Gruppen, Eke G, van der Vegt, Bert, de Bock, Geertruida H, Gansevoort, Ron T, Hussain, Shehnaz K, Hoffmann, Udo, Splansky, Greta Lee, Vasan, Ramachandran S, Larson, Martin G, Levy, Daniel, Cheng, Susan, de Boer, Rudolf A, and Ho, Jennifer E
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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Oncology and Carcinogenesis ,Clinical Research ,Lung ,Nutrition ,Cancer ,Obesity ,Prevention ,Digestive Diseases ,Aetiology ,2.1 Biological and endogenous factors ,Cardiovascular ,epidemiology ,gastrointestinal cancer ,inflammation ,obesity ,risk factor ,BMI ,body mass index ,CRP ,C-reactive protein ,CT ,computed tomographic ,CVD ,cardiovascular disease ,HOMA-IR ,homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance ,PAI ,plasminogen activator inhibitor ,SAT ,subcutaneous adipose tissue ,VAT ,visceral adipose tissue ,WC ,waist circumference ,Cardiovascular medicine and haematology ,Oncology and carcinogenesis - Abstract
BackgroundObesity and cardiometabolic dysfunction have been associated with cancer risk and severity. Underlying mechanisms remain unclear.ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to examine associations of obesity and related cardiometabolic traits with incident cancer.MethodsFHS (Framingham Heart Study) and PREVEND (Prevention of Renal and Vascular End-Stage Disease) study participants without prevalent cancer were studied, examining associations of obesity, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and subcutaneous adipose tissue depots, and C-reactive protein (CRP) with future cancer in Cox models.ResultsAmong 20,667 participants (mean age 50 years, 53% women), 2,619 cancer events were observed over a median follow-up duration of 15 years. Obesity was associated with increased risk for future gastrointestinal (HR: 1.30; 95% CI: 1.05-1.60), gynecologic (HR: 1.62; 95% CI: 1.08-2.45), and breast (HR: 1.32; 95% CI: 1.05-1.66) cancer and lower risk for lung cancer (HR: 0.62; 95% CI: 0.44-0.87). Similarly, waist circumference was associated with increased risk for overall, gastrointestinal, and gynecologic but not lung cancer. VAT but not subcutaneous adipose tissue was associated with risk for overall cancer (HR: 1.22; 95% CI: 1.05-1.43), lung cancer (HR: 1.92; 95% CI: 1.01-3.66), and melanoma (HR: 1.56; 95% CI: 1.02-2.38) independent of BMI. Last, higher CRP levels were associated with higher risk for overall, colorectal, and lung cancer (P < 0.05 for all).ConclusionsObesity and abdominal adiposity are associated with future risk for specific cancers (eg, gastrointestinal, gynecologic). Although obesity was associated with lower risk for lung cancer, greater VAT and CRP were associated with higher lung cancer risk after adjusting for BMI.
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- 2022