title: Metabolic syndrome components and risk factors for pancreatic adenocarcinoma: a case-control study in China.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Metabolic syndrome is a complex collection of interrelated conditions. Recent data have shown that metabolic syndrome may play a role in several cancers. Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is the fourth most common cause of death from cancer in the United States and the fifth in Europe. Despite the increasing numbers of published studies, the etiology of pancreatic adenocarcinoma is incompletely defined. Therefore, this paper aims to evaluate the risk factors for pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a case-control study of pancreatic adenocarcinoma patients who were referred to the Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Controls were randomly selected from an existing database of healthy individuals at the Health Screening Center. Data on metabolic syndrome, pancreatic diseases, liver diseases, and a history of diabetes and history of hypertension were collected either by conducting a retrospective review of the patients' records and health examination reports or by interview.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A history of smoking (OR = 2.981), diabetes (OR = 2.421), cholecystolithiasis (OR = 5.453), or chronic pancreatitis (OR = 28.264) as well as the levels of fasting blood glucose (OR = 4.241), total cholesterol (OR = 1.793), and apolipoprotein A (OR = 36.065) were significantly related to pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cholelithiasis, chronic pancreatitis, and certain metabolic syndrome components are potential risk factors for the development of pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Qiao
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Ge
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Wen-Ming
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: Tai-Ping
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yu-Pei
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000368:Aged; D001054:Apolipoproteins A / Q000097:blood; D001786:Blood Glucose; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D041761:Cholecystolithiasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology*; D050500:Pancreatitis, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D001054:Apolipoproteins A; D001786:Blood Glucose; D002784:Cholesterol