Body size and risk of colon and rectal cancer in the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)

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Title:	Body size and risk of colon and rectal cancer in the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)
Creators Name:	Pischon, T., Lahmann, P.H., Boeing, H., Friedenreich, C., Norat, T., Tjonneland, A., Halkjaer, J., Overvad, K., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Boutron-Ruault, M.C., Guernec, G., Bergmann, M.M., Linseisen, J., Becker, N., Trichopoulou, A., Trichopoulos, D., Sieri, S., Palli, D., Tumino, R., Vineis, P., Panico, S., Peeters, P.H., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H.B., Boshuizen, H.C., Van Guelpen, B., Palmqvist, R., Berglund, G., Gonzalez, C.A., Dorronsoro, M., Barricarte, A., Navarro, C., Martinez, C., Quiros, J.R., Roddam, A., Allen, N., Bingham, S., Khaw, K.T., Ferrari, P., Kaaks, R., Slimani, N. and Riboli, E.
Abstract:	Body weight and body mass index (BMI) are positively related to risk of colon cancer in men, whereas weak or no associations exist in women. This discrepancy may be related to differences in fat distribution between sexes or to the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in women.
Keywords:	Abdominal Fat, Body Fat Distribution, Body Mass Index, Body Size, Colonic Neoplasms, Confounding Factors, Estrogen Replacement Therapy, Europe, Follow-Up Studies, Food Habits, Life Style, Multivariate Analysis, Obesity, Postmenopause, Proportional Hazards Models, Prospective Studies, Rectal Neoplasms, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, Sex Distribution, Sex Factors, Waist-Hip Ratio
Source:	Journal of the National Cancer Institute
ISSN:	0027-8874
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Volume:	98
Number:	13
Page Range:	920-931
Date:	5 July 2006
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djj246
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