The Association Between Metabolic Status and Risk of Cancer Among Patients With Obesity: Metabolically Healthy Obesity vs. Metabolically Unhealthy Obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Controversial evidence about the association between cancer risk and metabolic status among individuals with obesity has been reported, but pooled data remain absent. This study aims to present pooled data comparing cancer risk between patients with metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) and metabolically unhealthy obesity (MUO).

Methods

The current study systematically searched pieces of literature on January 4, 2021, of prospective cohorts that compare the incidence of cancer between MHO and MUO. The quality of included studies was assessed using Newcastle-Ottawa scale, and publication bias was evaluated using funnel plots.

Results

Eleven high-quality studies were eventually selected. Quantitative analysis indicates that a lower cancer incidence exists for M

SUBMITTER: Zheng X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8914254 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature