Metabolic syndrome and its component traits present gender-specific association with liver cancer risk: a prospective cohort study

Metabolic syndrome and its component traits present gender-specific association with liver cancer risk: a prospective cohort study

Abstract Background & Aims Little is known on the gender-specific effect and potential role of non-linear associations between metabolic syndrome (MetS) components and liver cancer risk. We evaluated these associations based on the UK Biobank cohort. Methods We included 474,929 individuals witho...

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Main Authors: Bin Xia, Jianjun Peng, De Toni Enrico, Kuiqing Lu, Eddie C. Cheung, Zichong Kuo, Qiangsheng He, Yan Tang, Anran Liu, Die Fan, Changhua Zhang, Yulong He, Yihang Pan, Jinqiu Yuan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-10-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Metabolic syndrome
Liver cancer
Gender-specific effect
Non-linear association
UK Biobank
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-021-08760-1

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-021-08760-1

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