Association between Abdominal Obesity and Incident Colorectal Cancer: A Nationwide Cohort Study in Korea

Association between Abdominal Obesity and Incident Colorectal Cancer: A Nationwide Cohort Study in Korea

Background: We investigated the association of waist circumference (WC) and abdominal obesity with the incident colorectal cancer risk in Korean adults. Methods: This nationwide population-based cohort study was based on health insurance claims data. We analyzed data from 9,959,605 participants acqu...

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Main Authors:	Ga Eun Nam, Se-Jin Baek, Hong Bae Choi, Kyungdo Han, Jung-Myun Kwak, Jin Kim, Seon-Hahn Kim
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2020-05-01
Series:	Cancers
Subjects:	abdominal obesity waist circumference colorectal neoplasm body mass index
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/12/6/1368

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