Overweight or Obese Individuals at Eighteen Years of Age Develop Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma at a Significantly Earlier Age

Table 2

Mean age of pancreatic cancer diagnosis according to BMI at age 18.

	N	Mean age (SD)	Mean difference^1	value^2
BMI at age 18	319
Normal	247	66.7 (10.0)
Overweight/obese	72	63.3 (9.2)	−3.75 (−6.35, −1.16)	0.01
Overweight	60	64.0 (9.2)	−3.10 (−5.89, −0.30)	0.03
Obese	12	59.9 (8.6)	−7.26 (−13.26, −1.25)	0.02

¹Estimated by linear regression with PC diagnosis as a dependent variable and BMI group as an independent variable, adjusting for smoking history, alcohol consumption, gender, family history of PC, and diabetes status. 95% confidence intervals are presented. ²Comparison of the BMI group with the normal group as baseline.