Obesity Survival & Mortality
Obesity increases risk of many cancers
Published in Cancer Weekly, April 20th, 2004
"The authors conducted a population-based, case-control study of 21,022 incident cases of 19 types of cancer and 5,039 controls aged 20-76 years during 1994-1997 to examine the association between obesity and the risks of various cancers," scientists in Canada report.
"Compared with people with a body mass index of less than 25 kg/m2, obese (body mass index of {{>=}}30 kg/m2) men and women had an increased risk of overall cancer (multivariable adjusted odds ratio=1.34, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.22, 1.48), non-Hodgkin's lymphoma...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2004-04-20)
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