Premorbid Body Mass Index and Mortality in Patients with Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Highlights • Elevated premorbid BMI was associated with reduced lung cancer mortality. • Overweight and obese individuals respectively had 16% and 19% reduced mortality, compared to individuals with normal BMI. • These findings were observed across sexes, smoking status, geographic region, study typ...

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Published in:Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Netherlands), 2016-12, Vol.102, p.49-59
Main Authors: Gupta, Arjun, M.D, Majumder, Kaustav, M.D, Arora, Nivedita, M.D, Mayo, Helen G., M.LS, Singh, Preet Paul, M.D, Beg, Muhammad S., M.D, Hughes, Randall, M.D, Singh, Siddharth, Johnson, David H., M.D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Asia - epidemiology
Body Mass Index
Female
Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine
Humans
Lung cancer
Lung Neoplasms - epidemiology
Lung Neoplasms - mortality
Male
Middle Aged
Mortality
Obesity
Obesity - complications
Obesity - epidemiology
Obesity - mortality
Observational Studies as Topic
Overweight
Overweight - epidemiology
Overweight - mortality
Premorbid
Prognosis
Pulmonary/Respiratory
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Summary:Highlights • Elevated premorbid BMI was associated with reduced lung cancer mortality. • Overweight and obese individuals respectively had 16% and 19% reduced mortality, compared to individuals with normal BMI. • These findings were observed across sexes, smoking status, geographic region, study type, method of ascertaining BMI and study type.
ISSN:0169-5002
1872-8332
DOI:10.1016/j.lungcan.2016.10.017