Impact of metabolically healthy obesity on the risk of incident gastric cancer: a population-based cohort study

Abstract Background The risk of colon or breast cancer in metabolically healthy obese (MHO) were lower than that in metabolically abnormal obese (MAO). We hypothesized that the risk of incident gastric cancer in MHO is lower than that in MAO. Methods This historical cohort study included 19,685 Japa...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yoshitaka Hashimoto, Masahide Hamaguchi, Akihiro Obora, Takao Kojima, Michiaki Fukui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-01-01
Series:BMC Endocrine Disorders
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12902-019-0472-2