Comparison of general obesity and measures of body fat distribution in older adults in relation to cancer risk: meta-analysis of individual participant data of seven prospective cohorts in Europe

BACKGROUND: We evaluated the associations of anthropometric indicators of general obesity (body mass index, BMI), an established risk factor of various cancer, and body fat distribution (waist circumference, WC; hip circumference, HC; and waist-to-hip ratio, WHR), which may better reflect metabolic...

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Autores principales: Freisling, Heinz, Arnold, Melina, Soerjomataram, Isabelle, O'Doherty, Mark George, Ordóñez-Mena, José Manuel, Bamia, Christina, Kampman, Ellen, Leitzmann, Michael, Romieu, Isabelle, Kee, Frank, Tsilidis, Konstantinos, Tjønneland, Anne, Trichopoulou, Antonia, Boffetta, Paolo, Benetou, Vassiliki, Bueno-de-Mesquita, H B(as), Huerta, José María, Brenner, Hermann, Wilsgaard, Tom, Jenab, Mazda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Epidemiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5520086/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28441380
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2017.106

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