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Circulating concentrations of vitamin D in relation to pancreatic cancer risk in European populations

Journal Paper/Review - Mar 15, 2018

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Bueno-de-Mesquita H, Dorronsoro M, Sánchez M, Obón-Santacana M, Lasheras C, Olsen K, Brustad M, Peeters P, Matullo G, Panico S, Tumino R, Agnoli C, Chirlaque M, Barricarte A, Riboli E, Norat T, Aune D, Freisling H, Bradbury K, Khaw K, Wareham N, Ye W, Renström F, Almquist M, Manjer J, Palli D, Kritikou M, Murphy N, Weiderpass E, van den Ouweland J, van Kranen H, Halfweeg A, Kampman E, Duell E, Fedirko V, Siersema P, Hveem K, Jenab M, Langhammer A, Ness-Jensen E, Kotanidou A, Trichopoulou A, Boeing H, Kühn T, Katzke V, Boutron-Ruault M, Kvaskoff M, Cadeau C, Overvad K, Tjønneland A, Olsen A, van Duijnhoven F. Circulating concentrations of vitamin D in relation to pancreatic cancer risk in European populations. Int J Cancer 2018; 142:1189-1201.
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Journal Paper/Review (English)
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Int J Cancer 2018; 142
Publication Date
Mar 15, 2018
Issn Electronic
1097-0215
Pages
1189-1201
Brief description/objective

Evidence from in vivo, in vitro and ecological studies are suggestive of a protective effect of vitamin D against pancreatic cancer (PC). However, this has not been confirmed by analytical epidemiological studies. We aimed to examine the association between pre-diagnostic circulating vitamin D concentrations and PC incidence in European populations. We conducted a pooled nested case-control study within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) and the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study's second survey (HUNT2) cohorts. In total, 738 primary incident PC cases (EPIC n = 626; HUNT2 n = 112; median follow-up = 6.9 years) were matched to 738 controls. Vitamin D [25(OH)D2 and 25(OH)D3 combined] concentrations were determined using isotope-dilution liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Conditional logistic regression models with adjustments for body mass index and smoking habits were used to estimate incidence rate ratios (IRRs) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI). Compared with a reference category of >50 to 75 nmol/L vitamin D, the IRRs (95% CIs) were 0.71 (0.42-1.20); 0.94 (0.72-1.22); 1.12 (0.82-1.53) and 1.26 (0.79-2.01) for clinically pre-defined categories of ≤25; >25 to 50; >75 to 100; and >100 nmol/L vitamin D, respectively (p for trend = 0.09). Corresponding analyses by quintiles of season-standardized vitamin D concentrations also did not reveal associations with PC risk (p for trend = 0.23). Although these findings among participants from the largest combination of European cohort studies to date show increasing effect estimates of PC risk with increasing pre-diagnostic concentrations of vitamin D, they are not statistically significant.