Association of body mass index and height with risk of prostate cancer among middle-aged Japanese men

In a population-based prospective study of 49 850 Japanese men, body mass index and height were not significantly associated with risk of prostate cancer (311 cases), although small positive effects could not be ruled out in advanced cases (91 cases).

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Autores principales: Kurahashi, N, Iwasaki, M, Sasazuki, S, Otani, T, Inoue, M, Tsugane, S
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2006
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2361195/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16465189
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6602983
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author Kurahashi, N
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spelling pubmed-23611952009-09-10 Association of body mass index and height with risk of prostate cancer among middle-aged Japanese men Kurahashi, N Iwasaki, M Sasazuki, S Otani, T Inoue, M Tsugane, S Br J Cancer Short Communication In a population-based prospective study of 49 850 Japanese men, body mass index and height were not significantly associated with risk of prostate cancer (311 cases), although small positive effects could not be ruled out in advanced cases (91 cases). Nature Publishing Group 2006-03-13 2006-02-07 /pmc/articles/PMC2361195/ /pubmed/16465189 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6602983 Text en Copyright © 2006 Cancer Research UK https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material.If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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title_fullStr Association of body mass index and height with risk of prostate cancer among middle-aged Japanese men
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title_short Association of body mass index and height with risk of prostate cancer among middle-aged Japanese men
title_sort association of body mass index and height with risk of prostate cancer among middle-aged japanese men
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2361195/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16465189
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6602983
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