
Association of visceral obesity and early colorectal neoplasia
Author(s) -
Eun Kyung Choe,
Donghee Kim,
Hwa Jung Kim,
Kyu Joo Park
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v19.i45.8349
Subject(s) - medicine , adenoma , colorectal adenoma , body mass index , risk factor , adipose tissue , colorectal cancer , gastroenterology , case control study , quartile , univariate analysis , obesity , cancer , confidence interval , multivariate analysis
To examine whether visceral adipose tissue (VAT) serves as a risk factor for colorectal adenoma-early colorectal cancer (CRC) sequence.