Hyperglycemia as a risk factor in pancreatic cancer : A nested case-control study using prediagnostic blood glucose levels

• Published in: Pancreatology
• Main Authors: Jacobson, Sara, Dahlqvist, Per, Johansson, Mattias, Svensson, Johan, Billing, Ola, Sund, Malin, Franklin, Oskar
• Other Authors: Department of Surgery, HUS Abdominal Center
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Scientific Publ. Co 2022
• Subjects: Early detection; Fasting glucose; Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; Risk analysis; DIABETES-MELLITUS; ASSOCIATION; PREVALENCE; DIAGNOSIS; RESECTION; SURVIVAL; PROGRAM; ONSET; 3121 General medicine; internal medicine and other clinical medicine; TNM; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/340075

Objective: To determine the risk association between fasting glucose levels and pancreatic cancer using systematically collected prediagnostic blood glucose samples. Methods: Prospective nested case-control study of participants from the Northern Sweden Health and Disease Study, including 182 cases...