The impact of BMI on subgroups of uterine cancer.
BACKGROUND
Obesity increases the risk of uterine cancer, but results by histological type have differed.


METHODS
We followed 36,755 women for 17.8 years for uterine cancers.


CONCLUSIONS
Body mass index (BMI) was positively associated with uterine cancers as a whole, particularly for endometrioid adenocarcinomas, for which the relative risk for very obese women (BMI: > or = 40 kg m(-2)) compared with lean (BMI: 20-24 kg m(-2)) women, was 11.1 (95% confidence interval: 5.2-23.8).
Lindemann
K
K
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Akershus University Hospital, 1478 Lørenskog, Norway. kristina.lindemann@ahus.no
Vatten
L J
LJ
Ellstrøm-Engh
M
M
Eskild
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*