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TitleThe effect of modifiable risk factors on pancreatic cancer mortality in populations of the Asia-Pacific region
AuthorsAnsaryMoghaddam, A3
Huxley, R1 3
Barzi, F3
Lawes, C7
Ohkubo, T6
Fang, X10
Jee, SH4
Woodward, M3
Okayama, A
Ueshima, H
Maegawa, H
Aoki, N
Nakamura, M
Kubo, N
Yamada, T
Wu, ZS9
Yao, CH
Andrews, G
Welborn, TA
Tang, Z
Liu, LS2
Xie, JX2
Norton, R8
Ameratunga, S8
Macmahon, S8
Whitlock, G8
Knuiman, MW
Christensen, H
Zhou, J
Yu, XH
Wu, XG
Tamakoshi, A
Pan, WH
Sritara, P5
Wu, ZL
Chen, LQ
Shan, GL
Gu, DF
Duan, XF
Jackson, R
Li, YH
Lam, TH
Jiang, CQ
Fujishima, M
Kiyohara, Y
Iwamoto, H
Woo, J
Ho, SC
Hong, Z
Huang, MS
Zhou, B
Fuh, JL
Kita, Y
Choudhury, SR
Suh, I
Kim, IS
Giles, G
Hashimoto, T
Sakata, K
Dobson, A
Imai, Y
Hozawa, A
Jamrozik, K
Hobbs, M
Broadhurst, R
Nakachi, K
Fang, XH
Li, SC
Yang, QD
Chen, ZM
Tanaka, H
Nozaki, A
Horibe, H
Matsutani, Y
Kagaya, M
Hughes, K
Lee, J
Heng, D
Chew, SK
Zhou, BF
Zhang, HY
Shimamoto, K
Saitoh, S
Li, ZZ
Norman, P
He, Y
Yao, SX
Issue Date2006
CitationCancer Epidemiology Biomarkers And Prevention, 2006, v. 15 n. 12, p. 2435-2440 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0368
AbstractBackground: Pancreatic cancer accounts for about 220,000 deaths each year. Known risk factors are smoking and type 2 diabetes. It remains to be seen whether these risk factors are equally important in Asia and whether other modifiable risk factors have important associations with pancreatic cancer. Methods: An individual participant data analysis of 30 cohort studies was carried out, involving 420,310 Asian participants (33% female) and 99,333 from Australia/New Zealand (45% female). Cox proportional hazard models, stratified by study and sex and adjusted for age, were used to quantify risk factors for death from pancreatic cancer. Results: During 3,558,733 person-years of follow-up, there were 324 deaths from pancreatic cancer (54% Asia and 33% female). Mortality rates (per 100,000 person-years) from pancreatic cancer were 10 for men and 8 for women. The following are age-adjusted hazard ratios (95% confidence interval) for death from pancreatic cancer: for current smoking, 1.61 (1.12-2.32); for diabetes, 1.76 (1.15-2.69); for a 2-cm increase in waist circumference, 1.08 (1.02-1.14). All three relationships remained significant (P < 0.05) after adjustment for other risk factors. There was no evidence of heterogeneity in the strength of these associations between either cohorts from Asia and Australia/New Zealand or between the sexes. In men, the combination of cigarette smoking and diabetes more than doubled the likelihood of pancreatic cancer (2.47; 95% confidence interval, 1.17-5.21) in both regions. Conclusions: Smoking, obesity, and diabetes are important and are potentially modifiable risk factors for pancreatic cancer in populations of the Asia-Pacific region. Activities to prevent them can be expected to lead to a major reduction in the number of deaths from this cancer, particularly in Asia with its enormous population. Copyright © 2006 American Association for Cancer Research.
ISSN1055-9965
2011 Impact Factor: 4.123
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.488
DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0368
ISI Accession Number IDWOS:000242984400019
ReferencesReferences in Scopus
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dc.contributor.authorAnsaryMoghaddam, A
dc.contributor.authorHuxley, R
dc.contributor.authorBarzi, F
dc.contributor.authorLawes, C
dc.contributor.authorOhkubo, T
dc.contributor.authorFang, X
dc.contributor.authorJee, SH
dc.contributor.authorWoodward, M
dc.contributor.authorOkayama, A
dc.contributor.authorUeshima, H
dc.contributor.authorMaegawa, H
dc.contributor.authorAoki, N
dc.contributor.authorNakamura, M
dc.contributor.authorKubo, N
dc.contributor.authorYamada, T
dc.contributor.authorWu, ZS
dc.contributor.authorYao, CH
dc.contributor.authorAndrews, G
dc.contributor.authorWelborn, TA
dc.contributor.authorTang, Z
dc.contributor.authorLiu, LS
dc.contributor.authorXie, JX
dc.contributor.authorNorton, R
dc.contributor.authorAmeratunga, S
dc.contributor.authorMacmahon, S
dc.contributor.authorWhitlock, G
dc.contributor.authorKnuiman, MW
dc.contributor.authorChristensen, H
dc.contributor.authorZhou, J
dc.contributor.authorYu, XH
dc.contributor.authorWu, XG
dc.contributor.authorTamakoshi, A
dc.contributor.authorPan, WH
dc.contributor.authorSritara, P
dc.contributor.authorWu, ZL
dc.contributor.authorChen, LQ
dc.contributor.authorShan, GL
dc.contributor.authorGu, DF
dc.contributor.authorDuan, XF
dc.contributor.authorJackson, R
dc.contributor.authorLi, YH
dc.contributor.authorLam, TH
dc.contributor.authorJiang, CQ
dc.contributor.authorFujishima, M
dc.contributor.authorKiyohara, Y
dc.contributor.authorIwamoto, H
dc.contributor.authorWoo, J
dc.contributor.authorHo, SC
dc.contributor.authorHong, Z
dc.contributor.authorHuang, MS
dc.contributor.authorZhou, B
dc.contributor.authorFuh, JL
dc.contributor.authorKita, Y
dc.contributor.authorChoudhury, SR
dc.contributor.authorSuh, I
dc.contributor.authorKim, IS
dc.contributor.authorGiles, G
dc.contributor.authorHashimoto, T
dc.contributor.authorSakata, K
dc.contributor.authorDobson, A
dc.contributor.authorImai, Y
dc.contributor.authorHozawa, A
dc.contributor.authorJamrozik, K
dc.contributor.authorHobbs, M
dc.contributor.authorBroadhurst, R
dc.contributor.authorNakachi, K
dc.contributor.authorFang, XH
dc.contributor.authorLi, SC
dc.contributor.authorYang, QD
dc.contributor.authorChen, ZM
dc.contributor.authorTanaka, H
dc.contributor.authorNozaki, A
dc.contributor.authorHoribe, H
dc.contributor.authorMatsutani, Y
dc.contributor.authorKagaya, M
dc.contributor.authorHughes, K
dc.contributor.authorLee, J
dc.contributor.authorHeng, D
dc.contributor.authorChew, SK
dc.contributor.authorZhou, BF
dc.contributor.authorZhang, HY
dc.contributor.authorShimamoto, K
dc.contributor.authorSaitoh, S
dc.contributor.authorLi, ZZ
dc.contributor.authorNorman, P
dc.contributor.authorHe, Y
dc.contributor.authorYao, SX
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-26T06:25:47Z
dc.date.available2012-06-26T06:25:47Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractBackground: Pancreatic cancer accounts for about 220,000 deaths each year. Known risk factors are smoking and type 2 diabetes. It remains to be seen whether these risk factors are equally important in Asia and whether other modifiable risk factors have important associations with pancreatic cancer. Methods: An individual participant data analysis of 30 cohort studies was carried out, involving 420,310 Asian participants (33% female) and 99,333 from Australia/New Zealand (45% female). Cox proportional hazard models, stratified by study and sex and adjusted for age, were used to quantify risk factors for death from pancreatic cancer. Results: During 3,558,733 person-years of follow-up, there were 324 deaths from pancreatic cancer (54% Asia and 33% female). Mortality rates (per 100,000 person-years) from pancreatic cancer were 10 for men and 8 for women. The following are age-adjusted hazard ratios (95% confidence interval) for death from pancreatic cancer: for current smoking, 1.61 (1.12-2.32); for diabetes, 1.76 (1.15-2.69); for a 2-cm increase in waist circumference, 1.08 (1.02-1.14). All three relationships remained significant (P < 0.05) after adjustment for other risk factors. There was no evidence of heterogeneity in the strength of these associations between either cohorts from Asia and Australia/New Zealand or between the sexes. In men, the combination of cigarette smoking and diabetes more than doubled the likelihood of pancreatic cancer (2.47; 95% confidence interval, 1.17-5.21) in both regions. Conclusions: Smoking, obesity, and diabetes are important and are potentially modifiable risk factors for pancreatic cancer in populations of the Asia-Pacific region. Activities to prevent them can be expected to lead to a major reduction in the number of deaths from this cancer, particularly in Asia with its enormous population. Copyright © 2006 American Association for Cancer Research.
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dc.identifier.citationCancer Epidemiology Biomarkers And Prevention, 2006, v. 15 n. 12, p. 2435-2440 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0368
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0368
dc.identifier.epage2440
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000242984400019
dc.identifier.issn1055-9965
2011 Impact Factor: 4.123
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.488
dc.identifier.issue12
dc.identifier.pmid17164367
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-33846026720
dc.identifier.spage2435
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/151634
dc.identifier.volume15
dc.languageeng
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofCancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention
dc.relation.referencesReferences in Scopus
dc.subject.meshAsia - Epidemiology
dc.subject.meshAustralia - Epidemiology
dc.subject.meshCohort Studies
dc.subject.meshDiabetes Complications - Epidemiology
dc.subject.meshFemale
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshMale
dc.subject.meshMiddle Aged
dc.subject.meshNew Zealand - Epidemiology
dc.subject.meshObesity - Epidemiology
dc.subject.meshPancreatic Neoplasms - Epidemiology - Etiology - Mortality
dc.subject.meshRisk Factors
dc.subject.meshSmoking - Epidemiology
dc.titleThe effect of modifiable risk factors on pancreatic cancer mortality in populations of the Asia-Pacific region
dc.typeArticle
Author Affiliations
  1. George Institute for International Health
  2. Capital Iron and Steel Company Hospital Cohort
  3. University of Sydney
  4. Yonsei University
  5. Korean Medical Insurance Company
  6. Ohasama Hospital
  7. University of Auckland Clinical Trials Research Unit
  8. Capital Iron and Steel Company
  9. National Heart Foundation of Australia
  10. Capital Medical University China