Serum cholesterol trajectories in the 10 years prior to lymphoma diagnosis
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Alford SH, Divine G, Chao C, Habel LA, Janakiraman N, Wang Y, Feigelson HS, Scholes D, Roblin D, Epstein MM, Engel L, Havstad S, Wells K, Yood MU, Fortuny J, Johnson CC; Cancer Research Network Lymphoma Study Group. Serum cholesterol trajectories in the 10 years prior to lymphoma diagnosis. Cancer Causes Control. 2018 Jan;29(1):143-156.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2018
Publication Title
Cancer causes & control : CCC
Abstract
PURPOSE: Many studies suggest a role for cholesterol in cancer development. Serum cholesterol levels have been observed to be low in newly diagnosed lymphoma cases. The objective of these analyses was to examine the time-varying relationship of cholesterol with lymphomagenesis in the 10 years prior to diagnosis by lymphoma subtype.
METHODS: Participants were selected from the combined membership of six National Cancer Institute-funded Cancer Research Network health plans from 1998 to 2008, excluding members with human immunodeficiency virus, cancer (except lymphoma), or organ transplants. Incident lymphoma cases within this population were ascertained and matched with up to five controls. Total serum cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein, and low-density lipoprotein were collected from plan databases. Multilevel, multivariable longitudinal models were fit after choosing the best polynomial order by deviance statistics for selected lymphoma histotypes to examine pre-diagnosis cholesterol trajectories: Hodgkin lymphoma (n = 519) and all non-Hodgkin lymphomas combined (n = 12,635) as well as six subtypes of the latter.
RESULTS: For all categories, lymphoma cases had statistically significantly lower estimated total serum cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein, and low-density lipoprotein levels than controls in the years prior to diagnosis/index date. Between-group differences were most pronounced 3-4 years prior to diagnosis, when cases' cholesterol levels declined steeply.
CONCLUSIONS: This analysis is the first to examine changes in serum cholesterol for a decade prior to lymphoma diagnosis. A drop in cholesterol levels was evident several years before diagnosis. Our results suggest that cholesterol-related pathways have an important relationship with lymphomagenesis and low cholesterol could be a preclinical lymphoma marker.
Medical Subject Headings
Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cholesterol; Databases, Factual; Female; Humans; Lymphoma; Male; Middle Aged
PubMed ID
29192350
Volume
29
Issue
1
First Page
143
Last Page
156
