Body mass index across adulthood, weight gain and cancer risk: a population-based cohort study
Our findings suggest that excess weight may have a varying effect on cancer risk through life with its impact potentially being more pronounced in later adulthood, and that adulthood weight gain might be a better indicator of obesity-related cancer risk than BMI measured at a single point in time.
Authors
- Marko Mandic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7372-8284)
- Fatemeh Safizadeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3293-9499)
- Michael Hoffmeister (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8307-3197)
- Hermann Brenner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6129-1572)
- Bernd Holleczek
- Ben Schöttker
Institutions
- German Cancer Research Center (DE)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- Krebsregister Saarland (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Cancer
- Published
- 2025-03-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-025-13855-0
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Cancer Risks and Factors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.14