Increased blood glucose and insulin, body size, and incident colorectal cancer

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 91, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1147-1154

  Schoen, Robert E ^a,h   Tangen, Catherine M ^c   Kuller, Lewis H ^b   Burke, Gregory L ^d   Cushman, Mary ^e   Tracy, Russell P ^e   Dobs, Adrian ^f   Savage, Peter J ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h Division of Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT;

EID: 0033532877     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/91.13.1147     Document Type: Article

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