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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 13.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2009 Jun 24;301(24):2553–2562. doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.886

Table 3.

Age of Onset of Overweight or Obesity and Pancreatic Cancer

No.
P Value Mean (SD) Age of Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis, y P Valueb
Patients Controls AOR (95% CI)a
Overweight
Never
212
225
1 [Reference]

63.1 (11.1)

Age, yc
    14-19
143
85
2.03 (1.41-2.92)
<.001
59.4 (10.4)
.01
    20-29
138
102
1.65 (1.16-2.36)
.006
60.6 (9.4)
.39
    30-39
137
110
1.27 (0.90-1.79)
.17
60.8 (10.9)
.56
    40-49
114
129
0.91 (0.65-1.27)
.58
62.0 (9.4)
>.99
    50-59
97
104
0.95 (0.67-1.35)
.78
64.8 (7.3)
>.99
Obese
Never
212
225
1 [Reference]

63.1 (11.1)

Age, yc
    14-19
20
10
1.83 (0.81-4.15)
.15
57.3 (13.3)
.28
    20-29
35
19
2.17 (1.15-4.07)
.02
56.0 (10.2)
.003
    30-39
49
26
2.31 (1.32-4.02)
.003
58.3 (10.1)
.06
    40-49
81
58
1.47 (0.97-2.24)
.07
60.3 (9.8)
.71
    50-59 64 83 0.68 (0.45-1.02) .06 62.3 (5.9) >.99

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; AOR, adjusted odds ratio.

a

Model included age, sex, race, smoking status, alcohol consumption, diabetes status, and family history of cancer.

b

Based on analysis of variance with Bonferroni comparison with the never overweight group.

c

Age when overweight or obesity started.