The risk of pancreatic cancer depends on the waist

The risk of pancreatic cancer depends on the waist
The risk of cancer of the pancreas in obesity depends on where localized excess weight. For people who have dominated the fatty deposits in the abdominal area - especially women - the risk above.

This is the conclusion the authors of the study, whose results were published in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine "(Archives of Internal Medicine). In addition, the study confirmed that the risk of pancreatic cancer increases with body mass index (BMI).

Speculation on the relationship of obesity with the risk of pancreatic cancer were expressed earlier, but the findings were contradictory. To clarify them, Dr. Alan A. Arslan and his colleagues from the School of Medicine at New York University, analyzed data from 2,170 patients with pancreatic cancer and 2,209 healthy people participating in the project PanScan National Cancer Institute, USA. The project was launched in 2006 and is aimed at finding disease genes and the role of other factors, including lifestyle and environment.

For all study participants revealed a positive relation between BMI and the risk of pancreatic cancer: for a quarter of the subjects with the greatest risk of BMI was higher by 33% than that for the quarter with the lowest BMI. Moreover, for women who are overweight the risk was 31% higher for women with obesity - a 61% higher than for women with normal weight.

Increased ratio of waist circumference (WC) to hip circumference (OB) also increased the risk of pancreatic cancer, especially among women. For women with the highest ratio of ON to the risk increased by 87%.

"Complementing the data from previous studies, our results confirm the role of obesity in the development of pancreatic cancer", - said Dr. Arslan.

According to the American Society for the fight against cancer, the risk of pancreatic cancer for the average person is 1,4%.