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Body size, body composition and endometrial cancer risk among postmenopausal women in UK Biobank

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Previous studies on the association of adiposity with endometrial cancer risk have mostly used body mass index (BMI) as the main exposure of interest. Whether more precise measures of body fat, such as body fat percentage and fat mass estimated by bioimpedance analyses, are better indicators of risk than BMI is unknown. The role of central adiposity and fat-free mass in endometrial cancer development remains unclear. We used Cox regression models to estimate hazard ratios (HR) and correspondi...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1002/ijc.33023

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ORCID:
0000-0002-0124-2939
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Sub department:
Clinical Trial Service Unit
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Publisher:
Wiley Publisher's website
Journal:
International Journal of Cancer Journal website
Volume:
147
Issue:
9
Pages:
2405-2415
Publication date:
2020-05-07
Acceptance date:
2020-04-17
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EISSN:
1097-0215
ISSN:
0020-7136
Pmid:
32338769
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1103674
Local pid:
pubs:1103674
Deposit date:
2021-06-02

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