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Obesity Is Associated with Early Onset of Gastrointestinal Cancers in California.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although it is well known that obesity is a risk factor for gastrointestinal (GI) cancer, it is not well established if obesity can cause earlier GI cancer onset.

Methods

A cross-sectional study examining the linked 2004-2008 California Cancer Registry Patient Discharge Database was performed to evaluate the association between obesity and onset age among four gastrointestinal cancers, including esophageal, gastric, pancreatic, and colorectal cancers. Regression models were constructed to adjust for other carcinogenic factors.

Results

The diagnosis of obesity (BMI?>?30) was associated with a reduction in diagnosis age across all four cancer types: 3.25?±?0.53 years for gastric cancer, 4.56?±?0.18 years for colorectal cancer, 4.73?±?0.73 years for esophageal cancer, and 5.35?±?0.72 for pancreatic cancer. The diagnosis of morbid obesity (BMI?>?40) was associated with a more pronounced reduction in the age of diagnosis: 5.48?±?0.96 years for gastric cancer, 7.75?±?0.30 years for colorectal cancer, 7.67?±?1.26 years for esophageal cancer, and 8.19?±?1.25 years for pancreatic cancer. Both morbid obesity and obesity remained strongly associated with earlier cancer diagnosis for all four cancer types even after adjusting for other available cancer risk factors.

Conclusions

The diagnosis of obesity, especially morbid obesity, was associated with a significantly earlier gastrointestinal cancer onset in California. Further research with prospective cohort data may be required to establish the causal relationship between obesity and cancer onset age.

SUBMITTER: Juo YY

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6169206 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Obesity Is Associated with Early Onset of Gastrointestinal Cancers in California.

Juo Yen-Yi YY Gibbons Melinda A Maggard MAM Dutson Erik E Lin Anne Y AY Yanagawa Jane J Hines O Joe OJ Eibl Guido G Chen Yijun Y

Journal of obesity 20180919

<h4>Background</h4>Although it is well known that obesity is a risk factor for gastrointestinal (GI) cancer, it is not well established if obesity can cause earlier GI cancer onset.<h4>Methods</h4>A cross-sectional study examining the linked 2004-2008 California Cancer Registry Patient Discharge Database was performed to evaluate the association between obesity and onset age among four gastrointestinal cancers, including esophageal, gastric, pancreatic, and colorectal cancers. Regression models ...[more]

PMID: 30327727

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Obesity Is Associated with Early Onset of Gastrointestinal Cancers in California.

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Obesity Is Associated with Early Onset of Gastrointestinal Cancers in California.

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