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Body mass index and waist circumference in relation to the risk of 26 types of cancer: a prospective cohort study of 3.5 million adults in Spain.

Martina RecaldeVeronica Davila-BatistaYesika DíazMichael LeitzmannIsabelle RomieuHeinz FreislingTalita Duarte Salles
Published in: BMC medicine (2021)
In this large Southern European study, a higher BMI was associated with increased risk of twelve cancers, including four hematological and head and neck (only among never smokers) cancers. Furthermore, BMI and WC showed comparable estimates of cancer risk associated with adiposity.
Keyphrases
  • body mass index
  • weight gain
  • papillary thyroid
  • insulin resistance
  • body weight
  • childhood cancer
  • squamous cell
  • adipose tissue
  • skeletal muscle
  • metabolic syndrome
  • lymph node metastasis