Body-mass index and risk of 22 specific cancers: a population-based cohort study of 5·24 million UK adults
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Methods With primary care data from individuals in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink with BMI data, we fi tted Cox models to investigate associations between BMI and 22 of the most common cancers, adjusting for potential confounders. We fi tted linear then non-linear (spline) models; investigated eff ect modifi cation by sex, menopausal status, smoking, and age; and calculated population eff ects.
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Body-mass index and risk of 22 specific cancers: a population-based cohort study of 5·24 million UK adults
BACKGROUND High body-mass index (BMI) predisposes to several site-specific cancers, but a large-scale systematic and detailed characterisation of patterns of risk across all common cancers adjusted for potential confounders has not previously been undertaken. We aimed to investigate the links between BMI and the most common site-specific cancers. METHODS With primary care data from individual...
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