Abstract 3281: The association between body mass index (BMI) and risk of pancreatic cancer depends on age at BMI assessment

Importance: Pancreatic cancer rates in the United States have steadily increased since the early 2000’s despite declines in smoking. This increase is not easily explained by population increases in body mass index (BMI) given the relatively weak association between BMI and pancreatic cancer risk typically observed in epidemiologic studies. Most of these studies, however, assessed BMI in older adulthood, which may be less strongly associated with...