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Does increased body mass index lead to elevated prostate cancer risk? It depends on waist circumference

BACKGROUND: We examined the association between obesity and prostate cancer based on both body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) using the National Health Insurance System (NHIS) database for the entire male population of Korea. METHODS: A total of 1,917,430 men who underwent at least on...

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Main Authors: Choi, Jin Bong, Myong, Jun-Pyo, Lee, Yunhee, Kim, Inah, Kim, Jung Ho, Hong, Sung-Hoo, Ha, U-Syn
Format: Online Article Text
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2020
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Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7313154/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32576177
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-020-07089-5