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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-7-2
pubmed:abstractText
Associations between anthropometric measures and cancer have been studied previously, but relatively few studies have had the opportunity to control for genetic and early shared environmental factors. In this study, we analyzed 2 twin cohorts from Sweden born 1886-1925 (n = 21,870) and 1926-1958 (n = 30,279) and 1 from Finland born 1880-1958 (n = 25,882) including in total 78,031 twins, and studied the association between BMI and height and risk of prostate, breast, ovarian, corpus uteri, colon and rectal cancer. The cohorts were both analyzed through a co-twin control method and as traditional cohorts. In co-twin control analyses, older obese (BMI > or = 30 kg/m(2)) subjects (median age 56 years at baseline) were at higher risk of cancer of the corpus uteri (OR = 3.0; 95% CI 0.9-10.6), colon (OR = 1.9; 95% CI 0.8-4.5) and breast (OR = 2.5; 95% CI 1.3-4.2). For younger obese women (median age 30 years at baseline), an inverse tendency was observed for breast cancer (OR = 0.6; 95% CI 0.3-1.5, p for trend = 0.05). The tallest women had an increased risk of breast (OR = 1.8; 95% CI 1.3-2.7) and ovarian cancer (OR = 1.7; 95% CI 0.8-3.5). No consistent associations were found for prostate cancer either for BMI or height. There are some suggestions in our study that uncontrolled genetic or early shared environmental factors may affect risk estimates in studies of anthropometric measures and cancer risk, but do not explain observations of increased cancer risks related to BMI or height.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0020-7136
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
121
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
810-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17455257-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:17455257-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:17455257-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:17455257-Body Height, pubmed-meshheading:17455257-Body Mass Index, pubmed-meshheading:17455257-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:17455257-Cohort Studies, pubmed-meshheading:17455257-Colonic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:17455257-Diseases in Twins, pubmed-meshheading:17455257-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17455257-Finland, pubmed-meshheading:17455257-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17455257-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17455257-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:17455257-Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:17455257-Ovarian Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:17455257-Prostatic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:17455257-Rectal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:17455257-Risk, pubmed-meshheading:17455257-Sweden, pubmed-meshheading:17455257-Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Co-twin control and cohort analyses of body mass index and height in relation to breast, prostate, ovarian, corpus uteri, colon and rectal cancer among Swedish and Finnish twins.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Twin Study