Height, weight, and body mass index associations with gastric cancer subsites.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although excess body weight has been associated with cancers of the gastric cardia, relationships with gastric cancer at other anatomic subsites are not well defined. Furthermore, subsite-specific associations with attained height have not been fully assessed.

Methods

In 1995-1996, 483,700 Whites enrolling in the multi-state NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study self-reported height and weight. Gastric cancers occurring through 31 December 2006 were ascertained from regional population-based registries. We used Cox regression models to estimate cancer hazard ratios (HRs) for sex-specific tertiles of height and weight and for body mass index (BMI) categories of the World Health Organization.

Results

One thousand incident cancers (48 % localized to the cardia, 4 % f

SUBMITTER: Camargo MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4007380 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature