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ArticleJournal of diabetes investigation2013

Association between diabetes or antidiabetic therapy and lung cancer: A meta-analysis.

Zhida Wang, Cuiping Bao, Cheng Su, Weili Xu, Hongbin Luo, Liming Chen, Xiuying Qi

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Article in Journal of diabetes investigation, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Zhida WangDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics School of Public Health Tianjin Medical University Tianjin China ; 2011 Collaborative Innovation Center of Tianjin for Medical Epigenetics the Key Laboratory of Hormones and Development (Ministry of Health) Metabolic Diseases Hospital & Tianjin Institute of Endocrinology Tianjin China.
Cuiping BaoDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics School of Public Health Tianjin Medical University Tianjin China.
Cheng SuDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics School of Public Health Tianjin Medical University Tianjin China.
Weili XuDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics School of Public Health Tianjin Medical University Tianjin China ; Aging Research Center Karolinska Institute and Stockholm University Stockholm Sweden.
Hongbin LuoDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics School of Public Health Tianjin Medical University Tianjin China.
Liming Chen2011 Collaborative Innovation Center of Tianjin for Medical Epigenetics the Key Laboratory of Hormones and Development (Ministry of Health) Metabolic Diseases Hospital & Tianjin Institute of Endocrinology Tianjin China.
Xiuying QiDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics School of Public Health Tianjin Medical University Tianjin China.
Tianjin Medical University · CNStockholm University · SE

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6 · The paper itself

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introductionDiabetes can increase the risk of cancers at several sites, but the association between diabetes and lung cancer remains unclear. We aimed to provide the quantitative estimates for the association between diabetes or antidiabetic treatment and lung cancer risk in the present meta-analysis. MATERIALS AND

methodsCohort studies were identified by searching the PubMed database (January 1960 through October 2012) and manually assessing the cited references in the retrieved articles. Study-specific relative risks (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated using a random-effects model. Study quality was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa scale.

resultsA total of 19 cohort studies were included in the present meta-analysis. Of these, 14 studies focused on the association between diabetes and lung cancer incidence, and seven studies focused on the association between antidiabetic treatment and lung cancer incidence. Compared with non-diabetic individuals, diabetic patients do not have an increased risk of lung cancer (RR = 1.04, 95% CI 0.87-1.24). The association between diabetes and lung cancer remained not statistically significant in subgroup analysis stratified by study characteristics, study quality, diabetes ascertainment or important confounders. A null association between insulin or biguanides therapy and lung cancer risk was found. However, the diabetic patients receiving thiazolidinedione (TZD) treatment had a 20% reduced risk of lung cancer than those without TZD treatment.

conclusionsNo association between diabetes and lung cancer risk was found. However, TZD treatment might reduce lung cancer risk in diabetic patients.

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