Low cholesterol and increased cancer in men aged 45 to 64 years old

This study was published in the American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 114, No. 1: 29-40

Study title and authors:
AN APPARENT INVERSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SERUM CHOLESTEROL AND CANCER MORTALITY IN PUERTO RICO
MARIO R. GARCIA-PALMIER1, PAUL D. SORLIE2,, RAUL COSTAS, JR.1 and RICHARD J. HAVLIK3
1 Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico San Juan, PR
2 Biometrics Research Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD
3 Epidemiology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD
Address for reprints: Paul D. Sorlie, National Institutes of Health, Federal Building, Room 2A06, Bethesda, MD 20205

This paper can be accessed at: http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/114/1/29?ijkey=715fc3d5fb21cff628b422e06d99f1b3bf149ffc&keytype2=tf_ipsecsha

One of the aims of the study was to investigate the relationship of cholesterol levels with the incidence of cancer. The study included 9,824 men aged between 45 - 64 who were followed for eight years.

The study found that men with lower cholesterol levels were more likely to develop cancer than men with higher cholesterol levels.

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