Body weight and colorectal cancer risk in a cohort of Swedish women: relation varies by age and cancer site.
The relation between relative body weight and colorectal cancer among women is unclear. In a large prospective cohort study, we found a positive association only for distal cancers among younger women that became attenuated at older ages. These results support previous reports in which results were stratified by age or colorectal cancer site.
Terry
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Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Giovannucci
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Bergkvist
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Holmberg
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Wolk
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D001835:Body Weight; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D015930:Diet Records; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012042:Registries; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology