Long-term status and change of body fat distribution, and risk of colorectal cancer: A prospective cohort study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 871-883

  Song, Mingyang ^a   Hu, Frank B ^a,b   Spiegelman, Donna ^a   Chan, Andrew T ^b,c   Wu, Kana ^a   Ogino, Shuji ^a,b,d   Fuchs, Charles S ^b,d   Willett, Walter C ^a,b   Giovannucci, Edward L ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body fat distribution; Postmenopausal hormone therapy; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT CHANGE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; AGED; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPLICATION; FOLLOW UP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 85008518480     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv177     Document Type: Review

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