Height and body mass index in relation to cancer of the small intestine in two million Norwegian men and women

T Bjørge; S Tretli; A Engeland

doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602789

Height and body mass index in relation to cancer of the small intestine in two million Norwegian men and women

Br J Cancer. 2005 Oct 3;93(7):807-10. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602789.

Authors

T Bjørge¹, S Tretli, A Engeland

Affiliation

¹ Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, Section for Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, University of Bergen, Norway. tone.bjorge@isf.uib.no

Abstract

The present study aimed at exploring the relations between body mass index (BMI, (weight in kilograms)/(height in meters)(2)) and stature and cancer of the small intestine (1162 cases) in a large Norwegian cohort (of two million) with measured height and weight. Elevated BMI in males and increasing height in both sexes were associated with a moderately increased risk of cancer of the small intestine.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Body Height*
Body Mass Index*
Cohort Studies
Female
Humans
Intestinal Neoplasms / epidemiology*
Intestine, Small / pathology*
Male
Norway / epidemiology
Risk Factors