Obesity Is Associated with Early Onset of Gastrointestinal Cancers in California

Table 2

Cancer diagnosis age by cancer type.

Cancer type		Nonobese	Obese	Morbidly obese
Esophageal	Diagnosis age, mean (SD)	68.9 (12.2)	63.7 (11.0^a)	61.8 (11.2)
	Early onset, no. (%)	552 (6.2%)	28 (9.8%)	15 (16.5%)
Pancreatic	Diagnosis age, mean (SD)	70.6 (12.8)	66.3 (11.7^a)	62.5 (11.8^b)
	Early onset, no. (%)	1,632 (6.1%)	79 (8.4%)	32 (11.6%)
Colorectal	Diagnosis age, mean (SD)	69.2 (14.0)	65.3 (11.9^a)	62.6 (11.6^b)
	Early onset, no. (%)	9,722 (9.4%)	585 (9.2%)	266 (12.4%)
Gastric	Diagnosis age, mean (SD)	68.5 (14.5)	65.2 (12.4^a)	63.0 (11.9^b)
	Early onset, no. (%)	2,197 (11.3%)	88 (11.6%)	36 (16.1%)
All four cancers	Diagnosis age, mean (SD)	69.3 (13.8)	65.4 (11.9^a)	62.6 (11.6^b)
	Early onset, no. (%)	24,550 (8.3%)	1,322 (9.7%)	615 (13.9%)

^aDenotes statistically significant difference between obese and nonobese diagnosis age (). ^bDenotes statistically significant difference between morbidly obese and obese diagnosis age ().