Association between body mass index and oesophageal cancer mortality: a pooled analysis of prospective cohort studies with >800 000 individuals in the Asia Cohort Consortium.
Sangjun LeeJieun JangSarah Krull AbeShafiur RahmanEiko SaitoRashedul IslamPrakash C GuptaNorie SawadaAkiko TamakoshiChristina E BaileyWoon Puay KohAtsuko SadakaneIchiro TsujiJeong-Seon KimIsao OzeChisato NagataSan-Lin YouMyung-Hee ShinMangesh S PednekarShoichiro TsuganeHui CaiJian-Min YuanWanqing WenKotaro OzasaSanae MatsuyamaSeiki KanemuraAesun ShinHidemi ItoKeiko WadaYumi SugawaraChien-Jen ChenYoon-Ok AhnYu ChenHabibul AhsanPaolo BoffettaKee Seng ChiaKeitaro MatsuoYou-Lin QiaoNathaniel RothmanQuan LongMamami InoueDaehee KangSue-Kyung ParkPublished in: International journal of epidemiology (2022)
Extreme obesity and being underweight were associated with an OC mortality risk among Asians. OC mortality and BMI formed a wide J-shaped association mirrored by OSCC mortality. Although the effect of BMI on OSCC and oesophageal adenocarcinoma mortality can be different in Asians, further research based on a large case-control study is recommended.