A Nested Case-Control Study of Metabolically Defined Body Size Phenotypes and Risk of Colorectal Cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC).
<h4>Background</h4>Obesity is positively associated with colorectal cancer. Recently, body size subtypes categorised by the prevalence of hyperinsulinaemia have been defined, and metabolically healthy overweight/obese individuals (without hyperinsulinaemia) have been suggested to be at l...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2016-04-01
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Series: | PLoS Medicine |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001988 |