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The relationship between pancreatic cancer and type 2 diabetes: the Fremantle Diabetes Study Phase I

Pancreatic cancer incidence was double (incidence rate ratio 2.06) in community‐based adults with (n = 1291) versus without (n = 5158) type 2 diabetes followed for up to 25 years in the Fremantle… Click to show full abstract

Pancreatic cancer incidence was double (incidence rate ratio 2.06) in community‐based adults with (n = 1291) versus without (n = 5158) type 2 diabetes followed for up to 25 years in the Fremantle Diabetes Study Phase 1. Sustained higher fasting plasma glucose reflecting insulin resistance and fewer comorbidities were statistically significant risk factors in the cohort with diabetes. Past pancreatitis was an aetiologically significant determinant in the cohort as a whole.

Keywords: fremantle diabetes; pancreatic cancer; diabetes study; study phase; type diabetes

Journal Title: Internal Medicine Journal
Year Published: 2022

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