Body mass index trajectories across adulthood and smoking in relation to prostate cancer risks: the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study
Author(s) -
Scott P. Kelly,
Hannah Len,
Matthew Sperrin,
Charles E. Matthews,
Neal D. Freedman,
Demetrius Albanes,
Michael F. Leitzmann,
Andrew G. Renehan,
Michael B. Cook
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyy219
Subject(s) - body mass index , prostate cancer , medicine , gerontology , index (typography) , cigarette smoking , public health , demography , environmental health , cancer , pathology , sociology , world wide web , computer science
Previously we showed that adulthood body mass index (BMI) trajectories that result in obesity were associated with elevated risks of fatal prostate cancer (PCA). To further explore this relationship, we conducted a study within the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study.
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