TY - JOUR TI - Anthropometric Measures, Body Mass Index, and Pancreatic Cancer A Pooled Analysis From the Pancreatic Cancer Cohort Consortium (PanScan) AU - Arslan, Alan A. AU - Helzlsouer, Kathy J. AU - Kooperberg, Charles and AU - Shu, Xiao-Ou AU - Steplowski, Emily AU - Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. Bas and AU - Fuchs, Charles S. AU - Gross, Myron D. AU - Jacobs, Eric J. AU - LaCroix, AU - Andrea Z. AU - Petersen, Gloria M. AU - Stolzenberg-Solomon, Rachael Z. AU - and Zheng, Wei AU - Albanes, Demetrius AU - Amundadottir, Laufey and AU - Bamlet, William R. AU - Barricarte, Aurelio AU - Bingham, Sheila A. and AU - Boeing, Heiner AU - Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine AU - Buring, Julie E. AU - and Chanock, Stephen J. AU - Clipp, Sandra AU - Gaziano, J. Michael and AU - Giovannucci, Edward L. AU - Hankinson, Susan E. AU - Hartge, Patricia and AU - Hoover, Robert N. AU - Hunter, David J. AU - Hutchinson, Amy AU - Jacobs, AU - Kevin B. AU - Kraft, Peter AU - Lynch, Shannon M. AU - Manjer, Jonas and AU - Manson, JoAnn E. AU - McTiernan, Anne AU - McWilliams, Robert R. and AU - Mendelsohn, Julie B. AU - Michaud, Dominique S. AU - Palli, Domenico and AU - Rohan, Thomas E. AU - Slimani, Nadia AU - Thomas, Gilles AU - Tjonneland, AU - Anne AU - Tobias, Geoffrey S. AU - Trichopoulos, Ditnitrios AU - Virtamo, AU - Jarmo AU - Wolpin, Brian M. AU - Yu, Kai AU - Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne and AU - Patel, Alpa V. JO - Polish Archives of Internal Medicine PY - 2010 VL - 170 TODO - 9 SP - 791-802 PB - AMER MEDICAL ASSOC SN - null TODO - 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.63 TODO - null TODO - Background: Obesity has been proposed as a risk factor for pancreatic cancer. Methods: Pooled data were analyzed from the National Cancer Institute Pancreatic Cancer Cohort Consortium (PanScan) to study the association, between prediagnostic anthropometric measures and risk of pancreatic cancer. PanScan applied a nested case-control study design and included 2170 cases and 2209 control subjects. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated using unconditional logistic regression for cohort-specific quartiles of body mass index (BMI [calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared]), weight, height, waist circumference, and waist to hip ratio as well as conventional BMI categories (underweight, <18.5; normal weight, 18.5-24.9; overweight, 25.0-29.9; obese, 30.0-34.9; and severely obese, >= 35.0). Models were adjusted for potential confounders. Results: In all of the participants, a positive association between increasing BMI and risk of pancreatic cancer was observed (adjusted OR for the highest vs lowest BMI guartile, 1.33; 95% Cl, 1.12-1.58; P-trend<.001). In men, the adjusted OR for pancreatic cancer for the highest vs lowest quartile of BMI was 1.33 (95% Cl, 1.04-1.69; P-trend<.03), and in women it was 1.34 (95% Cl, 1.05-1.70; P-trend=.01). Increased waist to hip ratio was associated with increased risk of pancreatic cancer in women (adjusted OR for the highest vs lowest quartile, 1.87; 95% Cl, 1.31-2.69; P-trend=.003) but less so in men. Conclusions: These findings provide strong support for a positive association between BMI and pancreatic cancer risk. In addition, centralized fat distribution may increase pancreatic cancer risk, especially in women. Arch Intern Med. 2010;170(9):791 -802 ER -