Open AccessBody Mass Index and Renal Cell Cancer
Author(s) -
Jennifer L. BeebeDimmer,
Joanne S. Colt,
Julie J. Ruterbusch,
Gregory R. Keele,
Mark P. Purdue,
Sholom Wacholder,
Barry I. Graubard,
Faith G. Davis,
Wong Ho Chow,
Kendra Schwartz
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/ede.0b013e31826b7fe9
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , obesity , overweight , odds ratio , cancer , confidence interval , logistic regression , incidence (geometry) , demography , kidney cancer , oncology , physics , sociology , optics
Obesity is a risk factor for renal cell (or renal) cancer. The increasing prevalence of obesity may be contributing to the rising incidence of this cancer over the past several decades. The effects of early-age obesity and change in body mass index (BMI) on renal cancer have been studied less thoroughly, and the influence of race has never been formally investigated.