Metabolic obesity phenotypes and risk of colorectal cancer in postmenopausal women.
Publication Date
2018
Journal Title
Int J Cancer
Abstract
Obesity has been postulated to increase the risk of colorectal cancer by mechanisms involving insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome. We examined the associations of body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, the metabolic syndrome, metabolic obesity phenotypes and homeostasis model-insulin resistance (HOMA-IR-a marker of insulin resistance) with risk of colorectal cancer in over 21,000 women in the Women's Health Initiative CVD Biomarkers subcohort. Women were cross-classified by BMI (18.5-
Volume Number
143
Issue Number
3
Pages
543-551
Document Type
Article
Status
Faculty
Facility
School of Medicine
Primary Department
Occupational Medicine, Epidemiology, and Prevention
PMID
DOI
10.1002/ijc.31345