AIM: To evaluate the effect of dietary cholesterol and serum total cholesterol(TC) on the risk of pancreatic cancer. METHODS: A literature search was performed up to June 2014 in Pub Med, EMBASE, China National Knowle...AIM: To evaluate the effect of dietary cholesterol and serum total cholesterol(TC) on the risk of pancreatic cancer. METHODS: A literature search was performed up to June 2014 in Pub Med, EMBASE, China National Knowledge Infrastructure and China Biology Medicalliterature database for relevant articles published in English or Chinese. Pooled relative risks(RRs) with 95% confidence intervals(CIs) were calculated with a random-effects model. RESULTS: We included 14 published articles with 439355 participants for dietary cholesterol, and 6 published articles with 1805697 participants for serum TC. For the highest vs lowest category of dietary cholesterol, the pooled RR(95%CI) of pancreatic cancer was 1.308(1.097-1.559). After excluding two studies(RR > 3.0), the pooled RR(95%CI) was 1.204(1.050-1.380). In subgroup analysis stratified by study design, the pooled RRs(95%CIs) were 1.523(1.226-1.893) for case-control studies and 1.023(0.871-1.200) for cohort studies. The association of dietary cholesterol with the risk of pancreatic cancer was significant for studies conducted in North America [1.275(1.058-1.537)] and others [2.495(1.565-3.977)], but not in Europe [1.149(0.863-1.531)]. No significant association [1.003(0.859-1.171)] was found between the risk of pancreatic cancer and serum TC. CONCLUSION: Dietary cholesterol may be associated with an increased risk of pancreatic cancer in worldwide populations, except for Europeans. The results need to be confirmed further.展开更多
Serum lipids were determined in 100 psoriatics and the results indicated (1) the incidences of hypercholesterolemia (9%) and hypertriglyceridemia (17%) in psoriatics were significantly higher than in controls; (2) the...Serum lipids were determined in 100 psoriatics and the results indicated (1) the incidences of hypercholesterolemia (9%) and hypertriglyceridemia (17%) in psoriatics were significantly higher than in controls; (2) the mean values of serum TC, LDL-C and TC/HDL-C in psoriatics were significantly higher as compared with normal healthy controls matched for sex and age; (3) serum TC, LDL-C and TG values were significantly higher in cases whose disease was progressive or whose lesions involved more than 20% of body surface area than in cases whose disease stationary or lesions less than 20%. As the incidences of hypertension and coronary heart disease were also significantly higher in psoriatics than in controls, the authors proposed that some integrated relationship would exist.展开更多
文摘AIM: To evaluate the effect of dietary cholesterol and serum total cholesterol(TC) on the risk of pancreatic cancer. METHODS: A literature search was performed up to June 2014 in Pub Med, EMBASE, China National Knowledge Infrastructure and China Biology Medicalliterature database for relevant articles published in English or Chinese. Pooled relative risks(RRs) with 95% confidence intervals(CIs) were calculated with a random-effects model. RESULTS: We included 14 published articles with 439355 participants for dietary cholesterol, and 6 published articles with 1805697 participants for serum TC. For the highest vs lowest category of dietary cholesterol, the pooled RR(95%CI) of pancreatic cancer was 1.308(1.097-1.559). After excluding two studies(RR > 3.0), the pooled RR(95%CI) was 1.204(1.050-1.380). In subgroup analysis stratified by study design, the pooled RRs(95%CIs) were 1.523(1.226-1.893) for case-control studies and 1.023(0.871-1.200) for cohort studies. The association of dietary cholesterol with the risk of pancreatic cancer was significant for studies conducted in North America [1.275(1.058-1.537)] and others [2.495(1.565-3.977)], but not in Europe [1.149(0.863-1.531)]. No significant association [1.003(0.859-1.171)] was found between the risk of pancreatic cancer and serum TC. CONCLUSION: Dietary cholesterol may be associated with an increased risk of pancreatic cancer in worldwide populations, except for Europeans. The results need to be confirmed further.
文摘Serum lipids were determined in 100 psoriatics and the results indicated (1) the incidences of hypercholesterolemia (9%) and hypertriglyceridemia (17%) in psoriatics were significantly higher than in controls; (2) the mean values of serum TC, LDL-C and TC/HDL-C in psoriatics were significantly higher as compared with normal healthy controls matched for sex and age; (3) serum TC, LDL-C and TG values were significantly higher in cases whose disease was progressive or whose lesions involved more than 20% of body surface area than in cases whose disease stationary or lesions less than 20%. As the incidences of hypertension and coronary heart disease were also significantly higher in psoriatics than in controls, the authors proposed that some integrated relationship would exist.