WEDNESDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) — There may be a link
between high blood sugar levels and an increased risk of colorectal cancer
in older women, a new study finds.
Researchers analyzed 12 years of data collected from 5,000
postmenopausal women in the U.S. Women’s Health Initiative study. The
women’s fasting blood sugar (glucose) and insulin levels were measured at
the start of the study and then several more times over the next dozen
years.
During the study period, 81 of the women were diagnosed with colorectal
cancer.
The researchers found that women with elevated glucose levels at the
start of the study were more likely to develop colorectal cancer, and that
those in the highest third of glucose levels were nearly twice as likely
to develop colorectal cancer than those in the lowest third.
There was no association between insulin levels and colorectal cancer
risk, according to the team led by researchers at
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