Associations of life course obesity with endometrial cancer in the Epidemiology of Endometrial Cancer Consortium (E2C2).
Summer V HarveyNicolas WentzensenKimberly A BertrandAmanda BlackLouise A BrintonChu ChenLaura CostasLuigino Dal MasoImmaculata De VivoMengmeng DuMontserrat Garcia-ClosasMarc T GoodmanJessica GorzelitzLisa JohnsonJames V LaceyLinda LiaoLoren LipworthJolanta LissowskaAnthony B MillerKelli O'ConnellTracy A O'MaraXiao OuJulie R PalmerAlpa V PatelSonia PaytubiBeatriz PelegrinaStacey PetruzellaAnna PrizmentThomas RohanSven SandinVeronica Wendy SetiawanRashmi SinhaBritton TrabertPenelope M WebbLynne R WilkensWang-Hong XuHannah P YangQuan LongMegan A ClarkePublished in: International journal of epidemiology (2023)
Young adulthood obesity is associated with EC risk, even after accounting for BMI in adulthood. Weight gain is also associated with EC risk, whereas weight loss is inversely associated. Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight over the life course is important for EC prevention efforts.