Low Cholesterol Associated With Cancer In Diabetics

Published on September 4, 2008 By redcoal In Health & Medicine

Low levels of LDL cholesterol as well as high levels are associated with cancer in patients with type 2 diabetes, found a prospective cohort study published in CMAJ.

Researchers from the Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, the Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences and The Chinese University of Hong Kong conducted a study of 6107 Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes and found a V-shaped risk relation between LDL cholesterol and cancer in patients not receiving statin therapy.

The study excluded people on statins as statins obscured the association between LDL cholesterol and all-site cancer.

Comments

erathoniel

on Sep 04, 2008

I'm not sure it applies to me, me not being diabetic, but I'll be sure to get plenty of cholesterol.

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