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JNCI-JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
Volume 109, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djw226
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- Odette Cancer Centre Hematology Disease Site Group trust fund
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Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a risk factor for development of cancer. Because aberrant lipid metabolismis a pathogenic feature of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), our objective was to determine if CLL patients have a higher prevalence of MetS preceding diagnosis and to determine the impact of lipid-lowering medications on survival. Methods: We conducted a population-based case-control study in Ontario, Canada, using administrative databases of adults age 66 years and older to compare the prevalence of MetS preceding CLL with age-and sex-matched control subjects. Logistic regression was used to study the association between MetS and its components to CLL. The Kaplan-Meier method and Cox Regression were used to investigate survival. All statistical tests were two-sided. Results: We identified 2124 persons with CLL and 7935 control subjects from January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2005, with follow-up until March 31, 2014, three years fromthe date of last contact with the health care system, or death. Themean age was 75.6 years, 20.2% had diabetes, 35.8% had hypertension, and 17.6% had dyslipidemia. Inmultivariable analysis, dyslipidemia (odds ratio [OR] = 1.26, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.11 to 1.44, P <.001) and hypertension (OR = 1.12, 95% CI = 1.01 to 1.25, P =.03) were associated with the development of CLL, whereas MetS and diabetes were not. Lipid-loweringmedication was associated with a statistically significant improved survival in patients with CLL (HR = 0.53, 95% CI = 0.47 to 0.61, P <.001). Conclusions: We demonstrate a higher prevalence of dyslipidemia preceding a diagnosis of CLL compared with control subjects, supporting preclinical data. Lipid-lowering medications appear to confer a survival advantage in CLL. Prospective studies are needed to confirm these results and test their potential as therapeutic applications.
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