Risk Factors Associated with Pancreatic Cancer in the UK Biobank Cohort

• Published in: Cancers Vol. 14; no. 20; p. 4991
• Main Authors: Ke, Te-Min, Lophatananon, Artitaya, Muir, Kenneth R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 12.10.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Age; Biobanks; Body mass index; Body weight; Cigarette smoking; Demographic aspects; Diabetes mellitus; Gender; Hepatitis; Lupus; Males; Medical diagnosis; Obesity; Pancreatic cancer; Pancreatitis; Population; Population studies; Risk factors; Self report; Statistical significance; Tumors; Variables; United Kingdom; United Kingdom > UK; pancreatic cancer; risk factors; modifiable risk factors; non-modifiable risk factors; UK Biobank cohort

Evidence on pancreatic cancer (PaCa) risk factors from large population-based cohort studies is limited. This study investigated the PaCa risk factors and the population attributable fraction (PAF) of modifiable risk factors in the UK Biobank cohort. The UK Biobank is a prospective cohort consisting...