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1: Br J Cancer. 2005 May 9;92(9):1785-6.Click here to read Links

Serum cholesterol and testicular cancer incidence in 45,000 men followed for 25 years.

Wiréhn AB, Törnberg S, Carstensen J.

Department of Health and Society, Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden. annwi@ihs.liu.se

In a 25-year follow-up study of 44,864 men with measured serum cholesterol levels, the testicular cancer hazard ratios for the serum cholesterol categories 5.7-6.9 and > or = 7.0 mmol l(-1) vs the reference category (<5.7 mmol l(-1)) were 1.3 and 4.5, respectively; P-value for trend=0.005. This highly significant association suggests that high-serum cholesterol is a risk factor for testicular cancer.

PMID: 15827555 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]