Researchers at Lund University have discovered a potential link between tattoos and an increased risk of lymphoma. Their study involved over 11,000 participants and found that those with tattoos had a 21% higher risk of developing lymphoma, regardless of the tattoo’s size. Further research is planned to explore this association with other cancers and inflammatory diseases.
A new study from Lund University in Sweden suggests that tattoos could be a risk factor for cancer in the lymphatic system, or lymphoma. Now, the researchers underline the need for more research on the topic. Our understanding of the long-term health impacts of tattoos is currently limited, with minimal research in this field.
A research team at Lund University has now examined the potential link between tattoos and lymphoma. “We have identified people diagnosed with lymphoma via population registers. These individuals were then matched with a control group of the same sex and age, but without lymphoma.
The study participants answered a questionnaire about lifestyle factors to determine whether they were tattooed or not,” says Christel Nielsen, the researcher at Lund University who led the study. In total, the entire study included 11,905 people. Of these, 2,938 people had lymphoma when they were between 20 and 60 years old.
Among them, 1,398 people answered the questionnaire, while the number of participants in the control group was 4,193. In the group with lymphoma, 21 percent were tattooed (289 ind.
