Population-attributable causes of cancer in Korea: obesity and physical inactivity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Changes in lifestyle including obesity epidemic and reduced physical activity influenced greatly to increase the cancer burden in Korea. The purpose of the current study was to perform a systematic assessment of cancers attributable to obesity and physical inactivity in Korea.

Methodology/principal findings

Gender- and cancer site-specific population-attributable fractions (PAF) were estimated using the prevalence of overweight and obesity in 1992-1995 from a large-scale prospective cohort study, the prevalence of low physical activity in 1989 from a Korean National Health Examination Survey, and pooled relative risk estimates from Korean epidemiological studies. The overall PAF was then estimated using 2009 national cancer incidence data from the Korea Central Ca

SUBMITTER: Park S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3982956 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature