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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Body mass index and cancer incidence: The FINRISK study
European Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 29, No. 7, Year 2014
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Description
The relation between body mass index (BMI) and risk of cancer incidence is controversial. Cancer incidence during 1972-2008 in relation to BMI was investigated in a prospective cohort of 54,725 Finns aged 24-74 years and free of cancer at enrollment. Over a mean follow-up of 20.6 years, 8,429 (15.4 %) incident cancers were recorded, 4,208 (49.9 %) from men. Both parametric and nonparametric approaches were used to evaluate the shape of the relationship between BMI and incidence of cancer. BMI had a linear positive association with incidence of cancers of the colon, liver, kidney, bladder and all sites combined in men, and of cancers of the stomach, colon, gallbladder and ovary in women, an inverse association with incidence of cancers of the lung in men and the lung and breast in women, a J-shaped association with incidence of all cancers combined in women. High BMI in women was associated with an increased overall cancer risk in never smokers but a reduced risk in smokers. Elevated BMI was associated with an increased risk of incidence of cancers of certain sites. © 2014 Springer Science+Business Media.
Authors & Co-Authors
Song, Xin
Finland, Helsinki
Helsingin Yliopisto
Finland, Helsinki
Terveyden ja Hyvinvoinnin Laitos
Pukkala, Eero I.
Finland, Helsinki
Suomen Syöpärekisteri
Finland, Tampere
Tampere University
Dyba, Tadeusz
Finland, Helsinki
Suomen Syöpärekisteri
Tuomilehto, Jaakko O.I.
Finland, Helsinki
Terveyden ja Hyvinvoinnin Laitos
Austria, Krems an Der Donau
Donau-universität Krems
Saudi Arabia, Jeddah
King Abdulaziz University
Moltchanov, Vladislav
Finland, Helsinki
Helsingin Yliopisto
Finland, Helsinki
Terveyden ja Hyvinvoinnin Laitos
Männistö, Satu
Finland, Helsinki
Terveyden ja Hyvinvoinnin Laitos
Jousilahti, Pekka J.
Finland, Helsinki
Terveyden ja Hyvinvoinnin Laitos
Qiao, Qing
Finland, Helsinki
Helsingin Yliopisto
Sweden, Sodertalje
Astrazeneca Sweden
Statistics
Citations: 44
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 7
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s10654-014-9934-z
e-ISSN:
15737284
Research Areas
Cancer
Study Design
Cohort Study
Participants Gender
Male
Female