TOTAL SERUM-CHOLESTEROL AND CANCER MORTALITY IN A MIDDLE-AGED MALE-POPULATION
TOTAL SERUM-CHOLESTEROL AND CANCER MORTALITY IN A MIDDLE-AGED MALE-POPULATION
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DOI:
10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113004
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
RICHARD, J
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作者:
CAMBIEN, F;DUCIMETIERE, P;RICHARD, J
The assessment of total cholesterol level as a risk factor for cancer mortality was studied from data of the Paris Prospective Study of Coronary Heart Disease. A total of 7603 French male government employees aged 43-52 yr were followed for an average of 6.6 yr; cancer deaths were registered with a mean survival time of 4.9 .+-. 2.9 yr. At entry in the study, future cancer cases were older than survivors and had a lower corpulence index and lower cholesterol value (212 vs. 223 mg/100 ml. SD = 43 mg/100 ml) than those of survivors. The initial cholesterol level did not differ significantly among cancer sites. The mean cholesterol value increased steadily with survival time (P < 0.02) and reached the mean survivors level in men with survival time longer than 7 yr. Longitudinal cholesterol measurements obtained among 81% of future cancer cases showed a mean decrease after an average of 3.0 yr comparable to the one estimated from cross-sectional data. The association between low cholesterol and cancer mortality during a period up to 7 yr before death may not represent an etiologic link but probably reflects the advance of the clinical course of cancer.