Scients and researchers have discovered a certain protein that is said to be responsible for increasing risk of acquiring diabetes and cancer deaths.
A research by Swedish scientists of 4,000 individuals over 22 years found that those with prostasin blood levels in the top quartile were 76% more likely to acquire diabetes and 43% more likely to die from cancer.
According to the research, those who have elevated levels of the protein prostasin—which is primarily found in the epithelial cells that line the body’s surfaces and organs—may be more likely to develop diabetes.
This research was recently published in Diabetologia, the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD).
Not only this, but the results also suggest that those with high blood sugar and prostasin levels seem to have a much higher chance of dying from cancer.
The researchers found that even after accounting for a variety of important variables, such as age, sex, waist circumference, drinking and smoking patterns, LDL (bad) cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, and anti-hypertensive medication, the findings remained consistent.
The Malmö Diet and Cancer Study, a sizable population-based prospective study that has been ongoing in Malmö, a city in southern Sweden, since 1993, was the source of blood samples for the study, which is the first to examine the relationship between prostasin blood levels and cancer mortality in the general population.
