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SUBMITTER: Sanikini H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5824613 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sanikini Harinakshi H Yuan Jian-Min JM Butler Lesley M LM Koh Woon-Puay WP Gao Yu-Tang YT Steffen Annika A Johansson Mattias M Vineis Paolo P Goodman Gary E GE Barnett Matt J MJ Hung Rayjean J RJ Chen Chu C Stücker Isabelle I
BMC cancer 20180223 1
<h4>Background</h4>Obesity has been proposed as a potential protective factor against lung cancer. We examined the association between BMI and lung cancer risk in a pooled analysis based on nested case-control studies from four cohort studies.<h4>Methods</h4>A case-control study was nested within four cohorts in USA, Europe, China and Singapore that included 4172 cases and 8471 control subjects. BMI at baseline was calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared (kg/m<sup>2 ...[more]