Is obesity a risk factor for advanced colon polyps in males?

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 58, Issue 109, 2011, Pages 1159-1162

  Yoon, Jai Hoon ^a   Lee, Hang Lak ^b   Kim, Dong Won ^b   Choi, Chang Ryeol ^b  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Advanced colon polyp; Obesity

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CANCER SCREENING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON BIOPSY; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FAT BODY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VILLOUS ADENOMA;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COLONIC POLYPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 83355172768     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5754/hge11198     Document Type: Article

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