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Sensitive Period Analysis of Adulthood BMI and Cancer Risk: An Individual Participant Data Meta‐Analysis of Over 720,000 Participants in the ABACus 2 Consortium

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
Over a dozen cancers have been associated with excess body mass index, primarily in mid‐to‐late adulthood. Whether obesity‐related cancer risk differs across adulthood remains unclear. Using the Sensitive Periods Model and super‐landmarking approaches, this study found that higher BMI increased obesity‐related cancer risk across ages 30–65.
Nadin K. Hawwash, Matthew Sperrin, Glen P. Martin, Rashmi Sinha, Charles E. Matthews, Matthias B. Schulze, Anouk Hiensch, Pilar Amiano, Marian L. Neuhouser, Corinne E. Joshu, Elizabeth A. Platz, Heinz Freisling, Marc J. Gunter, Andrew G. Renehan   +13 more
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Change in Waist Circumference With Continuous Use of a Smart Belt: An Observational Study

JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2019
BackgroundHealth insurers and policymakers are trying to prevent and reduce cardiovascular diseases due to obesity. A smart belt that monitors activity and waist circumference is a new concept for conquering obesity and may be a promising new strategy ...
Lee, Myeonggyun, Shin, Jaeyong
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Waist Circumference Measurement Methodology Study: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2016 [PDF]

Objective: This report compares five methods of waist circumference (WC) measurements: 1) the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI-WC); 2) the World Health Organization (WHO-WC); 3) the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA-WC) using ...

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COPD in England: a comparison of expected, model-based prevalence and observed prevalence from general practice data

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Primary care data show that 765 000 people in England have a general practice (GP) diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Majeed, Azeem, L. Nacul, Michael Soljak, Nicholas S Hopkinson, E. Samarasundera, Luis Nacul, A. Majeed, Edgar Samarasundera, Samarasundera, Edgar, Hopkinson, Nicholas S., Nacul, Luis, Hannah Walford, Walford, Hannah, Soljak, Michael, Lacerda, Eliana, Tejal Indulkar, M. Soljak, J. Flowers, Flowers, Julian, N. S. Hopkinson, Hopkinson, Nicholas S, Indulkar, Tejal, T. Indulkar, Julian Flowers, Azeem Majeed, H. Walford, Eliana Lacerda, E. Lacerda   +27 more
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Derivation and Validation of a Predictive Model for Advanced Colorectal Neoplasia Among Average‐Risk Adults in China

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
Efficient pre‐colonoscopy risk stratification tools are needed, especially in China. Using multicenter colorectal cancer screening data from Shandong Province, the authors developed and validated a risk prediction model for advanced colorectal neoplasia in asymptomatic individuals using sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyle factors, and medical ...
Yan Liu, Yanxiu Liu, Yukun Feng, Boyu Liu, Wenxuan Yan, Nan Zhang, Youhua Lu   +6 more
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Waist circumference: a waste of time?

Heart, 2010
To the editor: With great interest, we read the articles of a recent issue of Heart addressing the important role of abdominal obesity in relation to cardiovascular risk and the metabolic syndrome.1 2 The metabolic syndrome, considered the ailment of the 20th century, emerges from clustering and interactions of multiple cardiovascular risk factors ...
Groot, P.C.E. de, Thijssen, D.H.J., Hopman, M.T.E.   +2 more
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Waist Circumference predicting Cardiovascular Disease in Korean Men and Women

, 2010
Objective: Obesity and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are closely related and have become increasingly prevalent in Korea. Asians are more prone to obesity-related co-morbidities than Caucasians, even at lower body mass index (BMI) and/or smaller waist ...
Sun Ha Jee, Sat Byul Park
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Burden and Correlates of Multiple Chronic Infections and Their Associations With Cancer Incidence in Chinese Adults: A Large Case‐Cohort Study

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
While several oncogenic pathogens cause site‐specific cancers, uncertainties remain about many other chronic infections and combined pathogen effects, especially in non‐Western populations. Using a large case–cohort study nested within the China Kadoorie Biobank, the authors found that co‐infection was common, with a mean of 10 pathogens per individual.
Ling Yang, Jonathan Clarke, Lea Kröller, Christiana Kartsonaki, Hannah Fry, Rima Jeske, Andrew Gordon, Sarah Clark, Michael Hill, Daniel Avery, Yiping Chen, Huaidong Du, Jun Lv, Dianjianyi Sun, Canqing Yu, Liming Li, Iona Y. Millwood, Tim Waterboer, Zhengming Chen, on behalf of the China Kadoorie Biobank Collaborative Group, Junshi Chen, Zhengming Chen, Robert Clarke, Rory Collins, Liming Li, Jun Lv, Richard Peto, Robin Walters, Liming Li, Jun Lv, Canqing Yu, Dianjianyi Sun, Yuanjie Pang, Yuting Han, Can Hou, Qingmei Xia, Chao Liu, Pei Pei, Lang Pan, Xiao Han, Honglu Bian, Xinxin Chen, Daniel Avery, Maxim Barnard, Derrick Bennett, Ruth Boxall, Yiping Chen, Zhengming Chen, Jonathan Clarke, Robert Clarke, Huaidong Du, Ahmed Edris Mohamed, Hannah Fry, Prapthi Harish, Pek Kei Im, Andri Iona, Christiana Kartsonaki, Kshitij Kolhe, Hubert Lam, Kuang Lin, James Liu, Iona Millwood, Sam Morris, Qunhua Nie, Alfred Pozarickij, Maryam Rahmati, Paul Ryder, Maruf Sarder, Dan Schmidt, Becky Stevens, Iain Turnbull, Robin Walters, Baihan Wang, Lin Wang, Neil Wright, Ling Yang, Xiaoming Yang, Pang Yao, Zengchang Pang, Ruqin Gao, Kunzheng Lv, Shanpeng Li, Haiping Duan, Shaojie Wang, Yongmei Liu, Ranran Du, Liang Cheng, Xiaocao Tian, Hua Zhang, Dan Hu, Xiaoyan Zheng, Yujie Wang, Wei Sun, Shichun Yan, Chi Wang, Zhenyuan Wu, Lishun Zhai, Zhaoxi Pang, Shiwen Dong, Li Liu, Dapeng Yin, Bin He, Ying Liu, Xingren Wang, Tingting Ou, Xiangyang Zheng, Dewei Zheng, Shuai Yang, Lihui Li, Xingjiao Chen, Yan Xu, Jinyi Zhou, Ran Tao, Jian Su, Xikang Fan, Xuejia Chen, Yuxiao Huang, Yan Lu, Yujie Hua, Li Xing, Shuxian Wang, Jianrong Jin, Juping Ma, Jinchao Liu, Kaifei Zhu, Hongfu Ren, Xingfeng Shen, Ge Zhong, Wei Mao, Zhenzhen Lu, Yanxu Zhong, Lifang Zhou, Rong Pan, Jian Lan, Xiaoping Tan, Jinxue Tan, Yishan Xie, Liuping Wei, Liyuan Zhou, Sisi Wang, Xianping Wu, Ningmei Zhang, Xiaofang Chen, Xiaoyu Chang, Zhuo Wang, Yujin He, Mingqiang Yuan, Ling Wang, Xiaofang Chen, Zhaodong Wang, Qiang Sun, Yang Lin, Faqing Chen, Xiaolan Ren, Lijun Chang, Feiming Zhong, Jianjun Feng, Weijie Hu, Xiaofang Zhang, Yalin Chen, Honghong Wang, Jun Wang, Linqi Diao, Zhiwei Han, Dengjun Zhu, Kai Kang, Shixian Feng, Wenjie Yang, Huizi Tian, Yali Yan, Bing Han, Li Gao, Shaofang Li, Tianfang Xing, Wei Tang, Xiaolin Li, Huarong Sun, Xiaocong Zhao, Ying Li, Chen Hu, Pan He, Xukui Zhang, Yuanyuan Jin, Lan Luo, Min Yu, Ruying Hu, Hao Wang, Weiwei Gong, Jieming Zhong, Meng Wang, Chunxiao Xu, Keqing Gong, Hao Xu, Yuan Cao, Kaixu Xie, Lingli Chen, Xiaomei Tu, Junlong Pan, Xiaojun Li, Li Yin, Huilin Liu, Yuan Liu, Lei Yin, Xian Xie, Jing Wang, Bo Xiao, Zongwei Deng, Yuan Peng, Libo Zhang, Chan Qu, li Deng, Qili Jiang, Yanling Chen   +212 more
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Importância dos indicadores antropométricos para a ocorrência de hipertensao arterial em idosos de São Paulo [PDF]

, 2012
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Desportos, Programa de Pós-graduação em Educação Física, Florianópolis, 2009Objetivo - Avaliar a importância de indicadores antropométricos para a ocorrência de hipertensão ...
Munaretti, Deonilde Balduino
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Prevalência de anemia e fatores associados em mulheres adultas residentes em São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil Anemia prevalence and associated factors among adult women in São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

, 2007
Com o objetivo de estudar a prevalência de anemia (hemoglobina A cross-sectional population-based study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of anemia and associated factors in adult women.
Juvenal Soares Dias-da-Costa, Bairros, Fernanda, Olinto, Maria Teresa Anselmo, Fernanda Bairros, Maria Teresa Anselmo Olinto, Cristina Fabian, Dias-da-Costa, Juvenal Soares, Fabian, Cristina, Luis Carlos Nácul, Nácul, Luis Carlos   +9 more
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