High levels of “good” cholesterol may cut bowel cancer risk

High levels of “good” HDL cholesterol predict a substantial reduction in the risk of bowel cancer...

High levels of “good” HDL cholesterol predict a substantial reduction in the risk of bowel cancer, suggests research based on the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC), a large prospective study coordinated by Professor Elio Riboli, Head of the School of Public Health.

“These are new findings indicating that the LDL-HDL cholesterol ratio which is very well known to predict coronary heart disease risk also predicts colon cancer. These may be common risk factors to diseases that are highly correlated in western populations and may be mediated by newly discovered regulation of inflammatory and anti-inflammatory factors,” said Professor Riboli about the study.

Read the full article published in GUT online.