Back to Search
Start Over
Body mass index, body shape, and risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A population‐based case–control study in Southern China
- Source :
- Cancer Medicine, Vol 8, Iss 4, Pp 1835-1844 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2019.
-
Abstract
- Abstract Whether the association between body size or shape and nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) risk exists or varies by age‐specific body size indicators is unclear. In a population‐based case–control study conducted in Southern China between 2010 and 2014, self‐reported height, weight, and body shape at age 20 and 10 years before interview were collected from 2448 histopathologically confirmed NPC cases and 2534 population‐based controls. Body mass index (BMI) was categorized according to the World Health Organization guidelines for Asian populations: underweight (
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20457634
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Cancer Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.7995061e4904a87b3610242f0c3bf9b
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.2027