Sex differences in obesity related cancer incidence in relation to type 2 diabetes diagnosis (ZODIAC-49).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diabetes and obesity seem to be partly overlapping risk factors for the development of obesity-related cancer (mainly breast, prostate and colorectal cancer) in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). In the general population, women have a lower risk for obesity-related cancer compared to men. Previous studies involving cardiovascular disease have shown that T2DM eliminates a female advantage of lower CVD risk in the general population compared to men. It is unclear whether the same could be true for obesity-related cancer. This study aimed to this investigate obesity-related cancer incidence in women and men known with T2DM as compared to the Dutch general population.

Methods

This study included 69,583 patients with T2DM selected from a prospective primary care co

SUBMITTER: Schrijnders D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5784905 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature