The impact of BMI on subgroups of uterine cancer |
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| Authors: | K Lindemann L J Vatten M Ellstr?m-Engh A Eskild |
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| Institution: | 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Akershus University Hospital, 1478 Lørenskog, Norway;2Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7489 Trondheim, Norway;3Medical Faculty, Division of Akershus University Hospital, University of Oslo, 1478 Lørenskog, Norway;4Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, P.O. Box 4404 Nydalen, 0403 Oslo, Norway |
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| Abstract: | Background: Obesity increases the risk of uterine cancer, but results by histological type have differed.Methods: We followed 36?755 women for 17.8 years for uterine cancers.Results and conclusion: Body mass index (BMI) was positively associated with uterine cancers as a whole, particularly for endometrioid adenocarcinomas, for which the relative risk for very obese women (BMI: ?40?kg?m?2) compared with lean (BMI: 20–24?kg?m?2) women, was 11.1 (95% confidence interval: 5.2–23.8). |
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| Keywords: | BMI obesity endometrial cancer endometrioid adenocarcinoma epidemiology |
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