Statin use and risk of nonmelanoma skin cancer: a nationwide study in Denmark

S. Arnspang; A. Pottegård; Søren Friis; O. Clemmensen; K. E. Andersen; J. Hallas; D. Gaist

doi:10.1038/bjc.2014.527

Statin use and risk of nonmelanoma skin cancer: a nationwide study in Denmark

S. Arnspang, A. Pottegård, Søren Friis, O. Clemmensen, K. E. Andersen, J. Hallas, D. Gaist

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Evidence is conflicting regarding statin use and risk of basal cell (BCC) and squamous cell skin cancer (SCC).

METHODS: Using Danish nationwide registries, we identified all patients with incident BCC/SCC during 2005-2009 and matched them to population controls. We computed odds ratios (ORs) for BCC and SCC associated with statin use.

RESULTS: We identified 38,484 cases of BCC and 3724 cases of SCC. Statin ever use was associated with ORs of 1.09 (CI: 1.06-1.13) for BCC and 1.01 (CI: 0.91-1.11) for SCC.

CONCLUSIONS: Statin use was not associated with risk of SCC. Residual confounding plausibly explains the marginally increased risk of BCC.

Original language	English
Journal	B J C
Volume	112
Pages (from-to)	153-156
Number of pages	4
ISSN	0007-0920
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2014.527
Publication status	Published - 6 Jan 2015

Keywords

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Case-Control Studies
Denmark
Female
Humans
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Male
Middle Aged
Risk
Skin Neoplasms

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Statin use and risk of nonmelanoma skin cancer: a nationwide study in Denmark

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