PMID- 33389127 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210614 LR - 20221207 IS - 1432-5233 (Electronic) IS - 0940-5429 (Linking) VI - 58 IP - 5 DP - 2021 May TI - Type 2 diabetes mellitus and risk of head and neck cancer subtypes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. PG - 549-565 LID - 10.1007/s00592-020-01643-0 [doi] AB - AIMS: The association between type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and risk of head and neck cancer (HNC) remains unclear. This study aims to perform a system review and meta-analysis to explore this relationship. METHODS: PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase databases were searched for studies published up to July 31, 2020, regarding the association between T2DM and HNC risk. A random-effects model was utilized to calculate summary relative risks (RRs) with corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs). RESULTS: Fourteen case-control studies and thirteen cohort studies were included in our analysis. We observed a weak association between T2DM and risk of HNC overall, but there was no statistical significance (RR, 1.04; 95% CI, 0.88-1.23; I(2) = 83.2%). Interestingly, there was a strong association in East Asia (RR, 1.46; 95% CI, 1.21-1.77; I(2) = 36.6%). For HNC subtypes, T2DM conferred a significantly elevated risk in oral cancer (RR, 1.22; 95% CI, 1.01-1.47; I(2) = 89.0%). However, in subgroup analyses of smoking, alcohol use, and body mass index (BMI)/obesity adjustments, the association between T2DM and oral cancer risk became insignificant. In addition, T2DM was not associated with a statistically elevated risk of pharyngeal cancer (RR, 1.18; 95% CI, 0.94-1.49; I(2) = 72.9%) and laryngeal cancer (RR, 1.03; 95% CI, 0.88-1.22; I(2) = 71.2%). CONCLUSIONS: This meta-analysis indicates that T2DM is associated with an increased risk of HNC in East Asia. As for site-specific cancer types, the risk of oral cancer was significantly increased in T2DM patients, which appear to be mediated or confounded by smoking, alcohol use, or BMI/obesity. FAU - Yan, Pengfei AU - Yan P AD - Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, No. 185 Donghu Road, Wuhan, 430071, China. FAU - Wang, Yongbo AU - Wang Y AD - Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, No. 185 Donghu Road, Wuhan, 430071, China. AD - Center for Evidence-Based and Translational Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China. FAU - Yu, Xue AU - Yu X AD - Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, No. 185 Donghu Road, Wuhan, 430071, China. FAU - Liu, Yu AU - Liu Y AD - Department of Statistics and Management, School of Management, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, 430205, China. FAU - Zhang, Zhi-Jiang AU - Zhang ZJ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0119-7234 AD - Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, No. 185 Donghu Road, Wuhan, 430071, China. zhang22968@163.com. LA - eng GR - 81641123/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ GR - 2042017kf0193/Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities/ PT - Journal Article PT - Meta-Analysis PT - Systematic Review DEP - 20210103 PL - Germany TA - Acta Diabetol JT - Acta diabetologica JID - 9200299 SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - Body Mass Index MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Cohort Studies MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications/*epidemiology MH - Asia, Eastern/epidemiology MH - Female MH - Head and Neck Neoplasms/classification/complications/*epidemiology MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Obesity/complications/epidemiology MH - Observational Studies as Topic/statistics & numerical data MH - Risk MH - Risk Factors OTO - NOTNLM OT - Head and neck cancer OT - Laryngeal cancer OT - Oral cancer OT - Pharyngeal cancer OT - Risk OT - Type 2 diabetes mellitus EDAT- 2021/01/04 06:00 MHDA- 2021/06/16 06:00 CRDT- 2021/01/03 20:37 PHST- 2020/09/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/11/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/01/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/06/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/01/03 20:37 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s00592-020-01643-0 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s00592-020-01643-0 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Acta Diabetol. 2021 May;58(5):549-565. doi: 10.1007/s00592-020-01643-0. Epub 2021 Jan 3.