Background: The burden of chronic diseases is known to be significantly increased by obesity, yet conventional measures like waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI) do not accurately capture central adiposity.
Xiaorong Ye +6 more
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New‐Onset Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Cancer Risk: A Matched Cohort Study in China Kadoorie Biobank
ABSTRACT The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is rising rapidly in China and is linked to increased cancer risk, but causality remains unclear due to biases. We examined the causal effect of T2DM on cancer risk using bias‐minimizing methods.
Mengying Wang +9 more
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Incidence Trends of Colorectal Cancer by Social and Behavioral Factors—A Pooled Cohort Study
ABSTRACT Colorectal cancer (CRC) represents more than 10% of the global cancer burden. Unlike in some other cancers, no single risk factor accounts for most CRC cases. Despite the well‐studied overall incidence trend of CRC, little information is available on risk factor‐specific incidence trends of CRC.
Emilia Muhonen +13 more
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The relationship between weight-adjusted-waist index and suicidal ideation: evidence from NHANES
Background Amidst growing evidence of the intricate link between physical and mental health, this study aims to dissect the relationship between the waist-to-weight index (WWI) and suicidal ideation within a representative sample of the US population ...
Shijie Guo +3 more
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Fixation patterns, not clinical diagnosis, predict body size over-estimation in eating disordered women and healthy controls [PDF]
Objective - A core feature of anorexia nervosa (AN) is an over-estimation of body size. Women with AN have a different pattern of eye-movements when judging bodies, but it is unclear whether this is specific to their diagnosis or whether it is found in ...
Cornelissen, Piers +11 more
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Cardiometabolic Health and Risk of Breast Cancer Subtypes Among US Black Women
ABSTRACT In the United States (US), cardiometabolic conditions and aggressive breast cancers are both more common among Black women than White women. Using data from 57,453 participants in the Black Women's Health Study (BWHS), we prospectively evaluated associations of body mass index (BMI), Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia with
Yifei Shan +4 more
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Lifestyle Factors Associated With Colorectal Adenomas: Results From a Vietnamese Case–Control Study
ABSTRACT Although colorectal cancer (CRC) is the fourth most common cancer in Vietnam, evidence on lifestyle factors associated with colorectal adenomas (CRA) remains limited. We conducted a case–control study to examine lifestyle factors associated with CRA.
Chi Thi‐Du Tran +6 more
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Abstract Objective While cardiometabolic comorbidities have been well established in adults with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), it remains unclear whether the early signs of cardiovascular morbidity emerge during adolescence. This study aimed to investigate whether metabolic and cardiovascular alterations begin in adolescents with PCOS.
Demet Aygün Ari +8 more
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Association between weight-adjusted-waist index and gynecologic cancers: a population-based study
ObjectiveThis study aims to analyze the association between the weight-adjusted waist index (WWI) and the risk of gynecologic cancers, using data collected from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2011 to 2016.MethodsWe ...
Liyuan Fang +6 more
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The Adjusted Measure of Body Mass Index and its Impact on Health [PDF]
The aim of this paper is to examine the impact of socio-economic status (SES) on the Body Mass Index (BMI), a formula based on the ratio of height to weight, linked to health, using a four-year (1991, 1993, 1997 and 2000) panel data set which comes from ...
Qiu, Tian
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