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SUBMITTER: Hofmann JN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4878138 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hofmann Jonathan N JN Birmann Brenda M BM Teras Lauren R LR Pfeiffer Ruth M RM Wang Ye Y Albanes Demetrius D Baris Dalsu D Colditz Graham A GA De Roos Anneclaire J AJ Giles Graham G GG Hosgood H Dean HD Lan Qing Q Landgren Ola O Liao Linda M LM Rothman Nathaniel N Weinstein Stephanie J SJ Pollak Michael N MN Neuhouser Marian L ML Purdue Mark P MP
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The association between obesity and multiple myeloma risk may be partly attributed to reduced circulating levels of adiponectin in obese individuals. To prospectively evaluate multiple myeloma risk in relation to adiponectin levels overall and stratified by body mass index and other characteristics, we conducted a pooled investigation of pre-diagnosed peripheral blood samples from 624 multiple myeloma cases and 1,246 individually matched controls from seven cohorts participating in the Multiple ...[more]