Cholesterol
Intervention2 papers2 findingsPubChem 5997ChEBI 140435MeSH D002784
- Humans1
Outcomes
1Pancreatic cancer
no changein humans1Moderate certainty
1 study
Pancreatic cancer
no changein humans1Moderate certainty
Cholesterol has no effect on pancreatic cancer in humans (ES 1.02, 95% CI 0.87-1.20).
Reviewin cohort studies
Association Between Dietary Total Fat and Cholesterol Intake and Pancreatic Cancer Risk: A Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Cohort and Case-Control Studies · Nutrients · 16 Aug 2026
Associations
1Pancreatic cancer
upin humans1Moderate certainty
1 study
Pancreatic cancer
upin humans1Moderate certainty
Cholesterol raises the risk of pancreatic cancer in humans (ES 1.63, 95% CI 1.32-2.01).
Reviewin case-control studies
Association Between Dietary Total Fat and Cholesterol Intake and Pancreatic Cancer Risk: A Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Cohort and Case-Control Studies · Nutrients · 16 Aug 2026
Funding
National Heart, Lung, and Blood InstituteUS$4.3mNational Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney DiseasesUS$953.4kNational Eye InstituteUS$698k12 grants since 2011
Cholesterol reduction and cardiovascular risk in Type 1 diabetes
National Heart, Lung, and Blood InstituteNew York University School of MedicineUS$616.7k2022–2027
National Heart, Lung, and Blood InstituteUniversity of California Los AngelesUS$581.1k2022–2027
Female protection from MASLD via bile acid regulation of cholesterol levels
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney DiseasesUniversity of California Los AngelesUS$167.8k2026–2031
National Heart, Lung, and Blood InstituteTulane University of LouisianaUS$499.7k2026–2030
Reducing Remnant Cholesterol and Managing Dyslipidemia with Human Milk Oligosaccharides
National Heart, Lung, and Blood InstituteUniversity of UtahUS$651k2026–2030
Interaction of alpha-crystallin with cholesterol bilayer domains in cataract formation
National Eye InstituteBoise State UniversityUS$347k2019–2029
Hepatic Rap1a in cholesterol homeostasis
National Heart, Lung, and Blood InstituteColumbia University Health SciencesUS$632.9k2023–2027
Cholesterol efflux, CHIP and inflammasome activation
National Heart, Lung, and Blood InstituteColumbia University Health SciencesUS$604.5k2011–2027
Regulation of successful optic nerve regeneration by the mevalonate/cholesterol pathway
National Eye InstituteMedical College of WisconsinUS$351k2022–2027
Effects of Cholesterol in Pancreatic Islets
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney DiseasesSeattle Inst for Biomedical/clinical ResUS$430.8k2023–2027
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