Cancers in Australia in 2010 attributable to overweight and obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate the proportion and number of cancers occurring in Australia in 2010 attributable to overweight/obesity.

Methods

We estimated the population attributable fraction (PAF) and number of cancers causally associated with overweight/obesity. We used standard formulae incorporating Australian prevalence data for body mass index (BMI), relative risks associated with BMI and cancer. We also estimated the proportion change in cancer incidence (potential impact fraction [PIF]) that may have occurred assuming that the prevalence of overweight/obesity had remained at 1990 levels.

Results

An estimated 3,917 cancer cases (3.4% of all cancers) diagnosed in 2010 were attributable to overweight/obesity, including 1,101 colon cancers, 971 female post-menopausal bre

SUBMITTER: Kendall BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4606744 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature