Abdominal obesity, weight gain during adulthood and risk of liver and biliary tract cancer in a European cohort

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 645-657

  Schlesinger, Sabrina ^a,b   Aleksandrova, Krasimira ^b   Pischon, Tobias ^b,c   Fedirko, Veronika ^d   Jenab, Mazda ^d   Trepo, Elisabeth ^e   Boffetta, Paolo ^f,g   Dahm, Christina C ^h,i   Overvad, Kim ⁱ   Tjønneland, Anne ^j   Halkjær, Jytte ^j   Fagherazzi, Guy ^k,l   Boutron Ruault, Marie Christine ^k,l   Carbonnel, Franck ^k,l   Kaaks, Rudolf ^m   Lukanova, Annekatrin ^m   Boeing, Heiner ^b   Trichopoulou, Antonia ^n,o   Bamia, Christina ⁿ   Lagiou, Pagona ^n,p,q   Palli, Domenico ^r   Grioni, Sara ^s   Panico, Salvatore ^t   Tumino, Rosario ^u   Vineis, Paolo ^v,w   Hb, Bueno De Mesquita ^x,y   Van Den Berg, Saskia ^x   Peeters, Petra H M ^w,y   Braaten, Tonje ^z   Weiderpass, Elisabete ^z,aa,ab   Quirós, J Ramón ^ac   Travier, Noémie ^ad   Sánchez, María José ^ae   Navarro, Carmen ^af,ag   Barricarte, Aurelio ^af,ah   Dorronsoro, Miren ^ai   Lindkvist, Björn ^aj   Regner, Sara ^ak   Werner, Mårten ^al   Sund, Malin ^al   Khaw, Kay Tee ^am   Wareham, Nicholas ^an   Travis, Ruth C ^ao   Norat, Teresa ^w   Wark, Petra A ^w   Riboli, Elio ^w   Nöthlings, Ute ^a,b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^c MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^e Centre de Biologie Republique   (France)

^f MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

^h AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁱ AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^j DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^k CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^l UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^m GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^o HELLENIC HEALTH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^p HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^q BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^r CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^s NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^t UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^u CIVILE M P AREZZO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^v HuGeF Foundation   (Italy)

^w IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^x NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^y UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^z UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^aa KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^ab Karolinska Institutet ^*  (Finland)

^ac Public Health and Health Planning Directorate   (Spain)

^ad BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^ae ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^af CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^ag Murcia Regional Health Authority   (Spain)

^ah INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE NAVARRA   (Spain)

^ai CIBERESP   (Spain)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^ak LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^al UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^am UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^an ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^ao UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

abdominal fat; biliary tract neoplasms; hepatocellular carcinoma; liver neoplasms; obesity; weight change

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT CANCER; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HEIGHT RATIO; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN;

BILIARY TRACT NEOPLASMS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WAIST-HIP RATIO; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84870251301     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.27645     Document Type: Article

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