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Your belly affects the risk of getting prostate cancer
Most of us do not know what our waist circumference is, but the truth is that this number has no small significance.
A new study has found the size of the waist, or abdomen if you will, that increases the risk of developing prostate cancer
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Wednesday, 16 September 2020, 06:41
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If you needed more proof that this belly is unhealthy, a new study from Oxford University also gives the dangerous belly dimensions.
The researchers found that a man with a belly circumference of 103 cm or more had a 35 percent higher risk of dying from prostate cancer than someone with a belly circumference of 90 cm or less.
The study, which examined more than 200,000 men, found no increased risk among people with higher overall fat if it was spread across the entire body.
This suggests that it is the location of fat that increases men's risk of contracting the dangerous disease.
Abdominal fat is considered the most dangerous type, as it expects vital organs, such as the liver, pancreas and intestines.
The researchers say that it may interfere with the normal functioning of the organs and promote the growth of cancer cells.
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The latest study, presented at this year's European and International Conference on Obesity (ECOICO), examined 218,225 cancer-free men in the UK, whose medical data are stored in the British Biobank.
Scientists followed them for 10 years, examining body mass index (BMI), body fat percentage, waist circumference and hip-to-hip ratio.
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They found that men who were found to be in the top 25 percent of the subjects surveyed were more likely to die from prostate cancer than men who were found to be in the low 25 percent.
The largest group included those whose waists were more than 100 cm in circumference. The waist does not include the femurs but the soft part between the pelvis and the ribs, at the height of the pelvis.
Abdominal fat is the most dangerous.
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In addition, those found in the upper quarter in the waist-hip ratio, which is considered an additional measure of the amount of fat found around the abdominal area, were at a higher risk of dying than men in the lower quarter by 34 percent.
The risk remained the same even when medical history and lifestyle factors were introduced.
However, the researchers found no clear link between the man's BMI or total fat percentage and prostate cancer.
This means that even a person who has been fatter or heavier overall, is not at the same level of increased risk if most of this fat is stored in the legs and arms.
"The most dangerous fat"
Dr Aurora Peres-Kornago, a nutritional epidemiologist at Oxford who led the study, said: “We found a significant association between body fat concentration around the abdomen and waist and the risk of dying from prostate cancer, but no clear association was found between total body fat.
And a higher risk of dying from prostate cancer. "However, a larger number of cases are needed in this study along with studies in other populations to confirm these findings.
" High BMI increases the risk of other diseases, including other types of cancer, so people should consider the consequences of Excess fat in the body wherever it is in the body. "Previous studies have also shown that abdominal fat is the most dangerous type. Excess belly fat appears to increase protein that stimulates tumor cell growth, but research on abdominal fat is still in its early stages. : 'This is the most dangerous fat because this fat is around the vital organs.
According to her, the connection is due to a malfunction of the metabolism and hormones and this is what may play a role in the progression of prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer is considered the most common malignant disease in men, but the good news is that survival rates from the disease are over 90 percent - thanks to the fact that in most cases the tumor is detected early and is usually characterized by a non-aggressive, non-life-threatening disease.
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