The association between self-reported diabetes and cancer incidence in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Epidemiological studies have observed associations between diabetes and a number of different cancers. Yet the association with cancer overall and the interrelationship of diabetes and obesity with cancer have been unclear. OBJECTIVE, DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: We evaluated the association between self-reported diabetes and cancer incidence in the NIH-AARP (National Institutes of Health-American Association of Retired Persons) Diet and Health Study, a prospective cohort in which 295,276 men and 199,591 women completed a questionnaire in 1995-1996 and were followed up for cancer through 2006.

Main outcome measures

Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for cancer incidence, overall and by type, were estimated from multivariate Cox proportional

SUBMITTER: Lai GY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3590471 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature