Open AccessObesity is an initiator of colon adenomas but not a promoter of colorectal cancer in the Black Women’s Health Study
Author(s) -
Chiranjeev Dash,
Jeffrey Yu,
Sarah Nomura,
Jiachen Lu,
Lynn Rosenberg,
Julie R. Palmer,
Lucile L. AdamsCampbell
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ccc. cancer causes and control/ccc, cancer causes and control
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.073
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-7225
pISSN - 0957-5243
DOI - 10.1007/s10552-020-01283-3
Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , colorectal adenoma , body mass index , adenoma , waist , obesity , anthropometry , confounding , gastroenterology , risk factor , oncology , cancer
Evidence for the association of anthropometrics with colorectal neoplasms is limited for African Americans.