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).

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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Main Authors: Neil Murphy, Amanda J Cross, Mustapha Abubakar, Mazda Jenab, Krasimira Aleksandrova, Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault, Laure Dossus, Antoine Racine, Tilman Kühn, Verena A Katzke, Anne Tjønneland, Kristina E N Petersen, Kim Overvad, J Ramón Quirós, Paula Jakszyn, Esther Molina-Montes, Miren Dorronsoro, José-María Huerta, Aurelio Barricarte, Kay-Tee Khaw, Nick Wareham, Ruth C Travis, Antonia Trichopoulou, Pagona Lagiou, Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Giovanna Masala, Vittorio Krogh, Rosario Tumino, Paolo Vineis, Salvatore Panico, H Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Peter D Siersema, Petra H Peeters, Bodil Ohlsson, Ulrika Ericson, Richard Palmqvist, Hanna Nyström, Elisabete Weiderpass, Guri Skeie, Heinz Freisling, So Yeon Kong, Kostas Tsilidis, David C Muller, Elio Riboli, Marc J Gunter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-04-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001988

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