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

Table 3

Mean age of pancreatic cancer diagnosis according to BMI in patients with a normal BMI at age 18.

	N	Mean age (SD)	Mean difference^1	value^2
Normal BMI at age 18	247
Remain normal	28	67.0 (10.5)
Become overweight/obese	219	66.6 (10.0)	−0.96 (−5.05, 3.13)	0.65
Overweight	100	67.5 (10.6)	−0.04 (−4.65,4.58)	0.99
Obese	119	65.9 (9.5)	−1.01 (−5.27, 3.25)	0.64

¹Estimated by linear regression with age of 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 BMI group with normal group as baseline.