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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...
Autores principales: | Choi, Jin Bong, Myong, Jun-Pyo, Lee, Yunhee, Kim, Inah, Kim, Jung Ho, Hong, Sung-Hoo, Ha, U-Syn |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2020
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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 |
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