Impact of metabolically healthy obesity on the risk of incident gastric cancer: a population-based cohort study.

Yoshitaka HashimotoYoshitaka HashimotoAkihiro OboraTakao KojimaMichiaki Fukui

Published in: BMC endocrine disorders (2020)

This study shows that individuals with MAO, but not those with MHO, had an elevated risk for incident gastric cancer. Thus, we should focus more on the presence of metabolic abnormalities rather than obesity itself for incident gastric cancer.

Keyphrases

cardiovascular disease
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
weight loss
type diabetes
weight gain
high fat diet induced
adipose tissue
skeletal muscle
body mass index