Cholesterol
New Cholesterol Study Findings Have Been Published by Investigators at Beatson Institute for Cancer Research
Published in Cancer Weekly, March 6th, 2012
2012 MAR 6 -- "High cholesterol may be a modifiable risk factor for prostate cancer but results have been inconsistent and subject to potential 'reverse causality' where undetected disease modifies cholesterol prior to diagnosis. We conducted a prospective cohort study of 12,926 men who were enrolled in the Midspan studies between 1970 and 1976 and followed up to 31st December 2007," scientists in Glasgow, United Kingdom report.
"We used Cox-Proportional Hazards Models to evaluate the association between baseline plasma cholesterol and Gleason grade-specific prostate cancer incidence. We excluded cancers detected within at least 5 years of cholesterol...
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