Abdominal obesity and colorectal cancer risk: systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies

Dong, Yunlong; Zhou, Jiao; Zhu, Yun; Luo, Linhai; He, Taiping; Hu, Hong; Liu, Hao; Zhang, Yingliang; Luo, Dan; Xu, Shuanglan; Xu, Li-Fen; Liu, Jianping; Zhang, Jun; Teng, Zhaowei

doi:10.1042/bsr20170945

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Abdominal obesity and colorectal cancer risk: systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies

Published in Bioscience Reports • Oct 13, 2017

Authors:

Yunlong Dong

Jiao Zhou

Yun Zhu

Abstract

The association between abdominal obesity (as measured by waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR)) and colorectal cancer (CRC) has not been fully quantified, and the magnitude of CRC risk associated with abdominal obesity is still unclear. A meta-analysis of prospective studies was per...

Subject

Medicine

Colorectal cancer

Abdominal obesity

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