Is diabetes mellitus an independent risk factor for colon cancer and rectal cancer

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1911-1921

  Yuhara, Hiroki ^a,b   Steinmaus, Craig ^a,c   Cohen, Stephanie E ^a,d   Corley, Douglas A ^e   Tei, Yoshihiro ^b   Buffler, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Ebina General Hospital   (Japan)

^c CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE; GENDER; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

EID: 80655127682     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2011.301     Document Type: Review

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