Associations of metabolic syndrome and metabolically unhealthy obesity with cancer mortality: The Japan Multi-Institutional Collaborative Cohort (J-MICC) study.

<h4>Purpose</h4>The association between metabolic syndrome (MetS) and the risk of death from cancer is still a controversial issue. The purpose of this study was to examine the associations of MetS and metabolically unhealthy obesity (MUHO) with cancer mortality in a Japanese population....

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Main Authors: Tien Van Nguyen, Kokichi Arisawa, Sakurako Katsuura-Kamano, Masashi Ishizu, Mako Nagayoshi, Rieko Okada, Asahi Hishida, Takashi Tamura, Megumi Hara, Keitaro Tanaka, Daisaku Nishimoto, Keiichi Shibuya, Teruhide Koyama, Isao Watanabe, Sadao Suzuki, Takeshi Nishiyama, Kiyonori Kuriki, Yasuyuki Nakamura, Yoshino Saito, Hiroaki Ikezaki, Jun Otonari, Yuriko N Koyanagi, Keitaro Matsuo, Haruo Mikami, Miho Kusakabe, Kenji Takeuchi, Kenji Wakai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269550