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Low Cholesterol = Low Risk for High-Grade Prostate Cancer

As the search for causes of high-grade prostate cancer continues, another culprit comes to light: cholesterol. The Washington Post reports on research conducted at Johns Hopkins suggesting that men whose cholesterol was in a healthy range – below 200 – had
less than half the risk of developing high-grade prostate tumors
compared to men with high cholesterol.The Post reports that researchers looked at 5,586 men aged 55 and older who were in the placebo group of a big federal cancer prevention study done in the 1990s.Cholesterol levels made no difference in the odds of getting prostate
cancer except for the 60 men who developed high-grade tumors, the type
that grow and spread fast. The chance of developing one of these
aggressive tumors was 59 percent lower among men with cholesterol under
200.

Read more in the Washington Post.

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