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A prospective study of weight, body mass index and other anthropometric measurements in relation to site‐specific cancers
Author(s) -
Chyou PoHuang,
Nomura Abraham M. Y.,
Stemmermann Grant N.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
international journal of cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.475
H-Index - 234
eISSN - 1097-0215
pISSN - 0020-7136
DOI - 10.1002/ijc.2910570304
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , prospective cohort study , anthropometry , cancer , stomach cancer , lung cancer , cohort , colorectal cancer , cohort study , stomach
The association of weight, body mass index and other anthropometric measurements with cancer was investigated in a cohort of 7,840 men, examined and interviewed from 1965‐1968 in Hawaii. After 23 years of follow‐up, histologically confirmed incident cases of prostate (n = 306), colon (n = 289), lung (n = 236), stomach (n = 229) and rectal (n = 108) cancer were identified. Body weight was positively associated with prostate cancer. This direct association was stronger for cases diagnosed II or more years after examination than for those diagnosed earlier. A similar pattern was also present for the risk of colon cancer,in association with weight and body mass index. For lung cancer, increased subscapular and triceps skinfold thickness were each associated with decreased risk with adjustment for cigarette smoking, but the inverse association did not persist as the time interval from exam to cancer diagnosis lengthened. There was no significant association between anthropometric measurements and stomach or rectal cancer. © 1994 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.