Overweight, Obesity, and Mortality from Cancer in a Prospectively Studied Cohort of U.S. Adults

Abstract

Increased body weight was associated with increased death rates for all cancers combined and for cancers at multiple specific sites.

Keywords

MedicineOverweightBody mass indexConfidence intervalObesityPopulationRelative riskDemographyCohortCancerCohort studyNational Death IndexInternal medicineHazard ratioEnvironmental health

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American Cancer Society US

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Year: 2003
Type: article
Volume: 348
Issue: 17
Pages: 1625-1638
Citations: 7630
Access: Closed

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                                    Eugenia E. Calle, 
                                
                                    Carmen Rodríguez, 
                                
                                    Kimberly A Walker-Thurmond
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2003). 
                            Overweight, Obesity, and Mortality from Cancer in a Prospectively Studied Cohort of U.S. Adults. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 348
                            (17)
                            , 1625-1638.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa021423
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa021423