Research Article
Overweight or Obese Individuals at Eighteen Years of Age Develop Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma at a Significantly Earlier Age
Table 1
Baseline patient demographics.
| | Variable | Overall () | BMI-18 classification | value | Normal
() | Overweight
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| | Age of pancreatic cancer diagnosis (y, mean ± SD) | 65.9 ± 9.9 | 66.7 ± 10.0 | 64.0 ± 9.2 | 59.9 ± 8.6 | 0.02 | | Sex [N (%)] | | | | | 0.27 | | Male | 178 (55.8) | 133 (53.9) | 39 (65.0) | 6 (50.0) | | | Female | 141 (44.2) | 114 (46.1) | 21 (35.0) | 6 (50.0) | | | Smoking history [N (%)] | | | | | 0.63 | | Yes | 264 (82.8) | 204 (82.6) | 51 (85.0) | 9 (75.0) | | | No | 55 (17.2) | 43 (17.4) | 9 (15.0) | 3 (25.0) | | | Alcohol status [N (%)] | | | | | 0.29 | | Heavy (>3 drinks/day) | 68 (21.7) | 50 (20.6) | 17 (28.3) | 1 (9.1) | | | Light (≤3 drinks/day) | 246 (78.3) | 193 (79.4) | 43 (71.7) | 10 (90.9) | | | Diabetes status [N (%)] | | | | | 0.51 | | Yes | 131 (41.2) | 97 (39.4) | 28 (46.7) | 6 (50.0) | | | No | 187 (58.8) | 149 (60.6) | 32 (53.3) | 6 (50.0) | | | Family history of PC [N (%)] | 29 (9.2) | 21 (8.6) | 6 (10.2) | 2 (16.7) | 0.44 |
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