Body mass index and risk of over 100 cancer forms and subtypes in 4.1 million individuals in Sweden: the Obesity and Disease Development Sweden (ODDS) pooled cohort studyResearch in context

• Main Authors: Ming Sun (Author), Marisa da Silva (Author), Tone Bjørge (Author), Josef Fritz (Author), Innocent B. Mboya (Author), Mats Jerkeman (Author), Pär Stattin (Author), Jens Wahlström (Author), Karl Michaëlsson (Author), Bethany van Guelpen (Author), Patrik K.E. Magnusson (Author), Sven Sandin (Author), Weiyao Yin (Author), Ylva Trolle Lagerros (Author), Weimin Ye (Author), Bright Nwaru (Author), Hannu Kankaanranta (Author), Lena Lönnberg (Author), Abbas Chabok (Author), Karolin Isaksson (Author), Nancy L. Pedersen (Author), Sölve Elmståhl (Author), Lars Lind (Author), Linnea Hedman (Author), Christel Häggström (Author), Tanja Stocks (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Obesity, assessed by body mass index (BMI), is an established risk factor for 13 cancers. We aimed to identify further potential obesity-related cancers and to quantify their association with BMI relative to that of established obesity-related cancers. Methods: Using Cox regress...