Associations between BMI in youth and site-specific cancer in men-A cohort study with register linkage.
Aron OnerupKirsten MehligAgnes Af GeijerstamElin Ekblom-BakHans-Georg KuhnLauren LissnerAnnika RosengrenMats BörjessonMaria ÅbergPublished in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2023)
This study reports linear associations between BMI at age 18 and subsequent site-specific cancers, calling for rapid action to stem the obesity epidemic and to prepare the health care system for steep increases in cancer cases.
Keyphrases
- papillary thyroid
- body mass index
- weight gain
- squamous cell
- metabolic syndrome
- physical activity
- insulin resistance
- mental health
- childhood cancer
- squamous cell carcinoma
- adipose tissue
- genome wide
- hepatitis c virus
- dna methylation
- quantum dots
- men who have sex with men
- hiv infected
- antiretroviral therapy
- sensitive detection