Open AccessAssociation of overweight and obesity with breast cancer in India
Author(s) -
Preeti Singh,
Umesh Kapil,
N.K. Shukla,
Svs Deo,
Dwivedi Sn
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.91326
Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , breast cancer , body mass index , obesity , anthropometry , cancer , population , waist , logistic regression , demography , gynecology , obstetrics , environmental health , sociology
In women, cancer of the breast is one of the most common incident cancer and cause of death from cancer. Anthropometric factors of weight, height, and body mass index (BMI) have been associated with breast cancer risk.