Comment Comment by romseb Genetic predispositions, obesity and a lot of other factors also play a role in the risk of developing lymphoma.From the article: "we found that the risk of developing lymphoma was 21 percent higher among those who were tattooed"Let's put this number into context, because "percent of increased risk" is always something I struggle to picture""Overall, the chance that a man will develop NHL in his lifetime is about 1 in 42; for a woman, the risk is about 1 in 52." [1]So the overall risk is ~2 %. That means getting a tattoo will bring your overall risk of developing NHL from 2 % to 2.5 % instead.[1] https://www.cancer.org/cancer/types/non-hodgkin-lymphoma/abo... parent romseb 2 years ago
From the article: "we found that the risk of developing lymphoma was 21 percent higher among those who were tattooed"
Let's put this number into context, because "percent of increased risk" is always something I struggle to picture"
"Overall, the chance that a man will develop NHL in his lifetime is about 1 in 42; for a woman, the risk is about 1 in 52." [1]
So the overall risk is ~2 %. That means getting a tattoo will bring your overall risk of developing NHL from 2 % to 2.5 % instead.
[1] https://www.cancer.org/cancer/types/non-hodgkin-lymphoma/abo...