BMI and HbA1c are metabolic markers for pancreatic cancer: Matched case-control study using a UK primary care database.

<h4>Background</h4>Weight loss, hyperglycaemia and diabetes are known features of pancreatic cancer. We quantified the timing and the amount of changes in body mass index (BMI) and glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c), and their association with pancreatic cancer from five years before diagnosis...

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Main Authors: Agnieszka Lemanska, Claire A Price, Nathan Jeffreys, Rachel Byford, Hajira Dambha-Miller, Xuejuan Fan, William Hinton, Sophie Otter, Rebecca Rice, Ali Stunt, Martin B Whyte, Sara Faithfull, Simon de Lusignan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275369