Pancreatic Cancer Following Incident Diabetes in African Americans and Latinos: The Multiethnic Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diabetes has been proposed to be a risk factor for and a consequence of pancreatic cancer (PC). The relationship between recent-onset diabetes and PC is not well understood, and data in minorities are sparse. We examined the relationships between recent-onset diabetes and PC incidence in African Americans and Latinos in the Multiethnic Cohort.

Methods

A total of 48 995 African Americans and Latinos without prior diabetes and cancer at baseline (1993-1996) were included in the study. Questionnaires, Medicare data, and California hospital discharge files were used to identify new diabetes diagnoses. Cox regressions were used to calculate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for cancer associated with diabetes and with diabetes duration.

Results<

SUBMITTER: Setiawan VW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6335114 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature