Comparing waist circumference with body mass index on obesity-related cancer risk: a pooled Swedish study
Waist circumference is a stronger risk factor than BMI for obesity-related cancer in men, conveying additional risk information, whereas this is less evident in women.
Authors
- Sven Sandin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6994-4884)
- Angela Wood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7937-304X)
- Ming Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4134-6935)
- Tanja Stocks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0904-0557)
- Patrik K. E. Magnusson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7315-7899)
- Ylva Trolle Lagerros (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6816-7577)
- Jerzy Leppert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1433-0329)
- Sölve Elmståhl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7153-5414)
- Josef Fritz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1342-3435)
- Weiyao Yin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9534-8207)
- Stefan Söderberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9225-1306)
- Christel Häggström (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6808-4405)
- Innocent B. Mboya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9861-5879)
- Sara Hägg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2452-1500)
- Marisa da Silva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1215-8625)
- Karl Michaëlsson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2815-1217)
- Abbas Chabok (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9662-5045)
Institutions
- Uppsala University (SE)
- Uppsala University Hospital (SE)
- Innsbruck Medical University (AT)
- Malmö University (SE)
- Lund University (SE)
- Universität Innsbruck (AT)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Glanrhyd Hospital (GB)
- Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (TZ)
- Africa Academy for Public Health (TZ)
- Halmstad University (SE)
- Umeå University (SE)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
- Published
- 2025-03-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djaf075
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Cancer Risks and Factors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.23