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Scientists around the U.S. have conducted numerous studies that prove that lower cholesterol levels lower the risk of high-risk prostate cancer. In a current study conducted by Elizabeth Platz, associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and other colleagues, analyzed data from over 5000 U.S. men aged 55 and older enrolled in the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial from 1993 to 1996. Some 1,251 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer during the study period.

In Platz’s study, cholesterol levels had no significant effect on the entire spectrum of prostate cancer incidence, only those that were high-grade. Platz however, cautioned that other factors such as the consumption of cholesterol-lowering drugs could have biased the results. This is a data point the researchers expect to analyze soon. Results of the current study are expected to be published online Nov. 3 in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

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