Cargando…

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...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Choi, Jin Bong, Myong, Jun-Pyo, Lee, Yunhee, Kim, Inah, Kim, Jung Ho, Hong, Sung-Hoo, Ha, U-Syn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
Materias:
Acceso en línea: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