Body-Mass Index and Pancreatic Cancer Incidence: A Pooled Analysis of Nine Population-Based Cohort Studies With More Than 340,000 Japanese Subjects

Body-Mass Index and Pancreatic Cancer Incidence: A Pooled Analysis of Nine Population-Based Cohort Studies With More Than 340,000 Japanese Subjects

Background: A high body mass index (BMI) has been proposed as an important risk factor for pancreatic cancer. However, this association of BMI with pancreatic cancer risk has not been confirmed in Asian populations. Methods: We evaluated the association between BMI (either at baseline or during earl...

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Main Authors: Yuriko N. Koyanagi, Keitaro Matsuo, Hidemi Ito, Akiko Tamakoshi, Yumi Sugawara, Akihisa Hidaka, Keiko Wada, Isao Oze, Yuri Kitamura, Rong Liu, Tetsuya Mizoue, Norie Sawada, Chisato Nagata, Kenji Wakai, Tomio Nakayama, Atsuko Sadakane, Keitaro Tanaka, Manami Inoue, Shoichiro Tsugane, Shizuka Sasazuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Japan Epidemiological Association 2018-05-01
Series:Journal of Epidemiology
Subjects:
pancreatic cancer
body mass index
cohort study
Japanese
pooled analysis
Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jea/28/5/28_JE20160193/_pdf

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