Body mass index and risk of cancer in young women

Abstract It is unclear how increasing body mass index (BMI) influences risk of cancer in young women. We used data from the Medical Birth, Patient and Cause of Death registers collected between 1982 and 2014 to determine the risk of obesity-related cancer types, breast cancer, all cancer and cancer-...

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Main Authors: Pigi Dikaiou, Jon Edqvist, Jesper Lagergren, Martin Adiels, Lena Björck, Annika Rosengren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-56899-1