Cancer risk in relation to body fat distribution, evaluated by DXA-scans, in postmenopausal women – the Prospective Epidemiological Risk Factor (PERF) study

Studies with direct measures of body fat distribution are required to explore the association between central and general obesity to cancer risk in postmenopausal women. This study investigates the association between central obesity and general obesity to overall/site-specific cancer risk in postme...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2019-03, Vol.9 (1), p.5379-9, Article 5379
Main Authors: Staunstrup, Line Mærsk, Nielsen, Henning Bay, Pedersen, Bente Klarlund, Karsdal, Morten, Blair, Joseph Patrick Michele, Christensen, Jesper Frank, Bager, Cecilie Liv
Format: Article
Language:English
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Absorptiometry, Photon
Adipose Tissue - diagnostic imaging
Aged
Body fat
Cancer
Denmark - epidemiology
Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry
Epidemiology
Female
Health risk assessment
Health risks
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
Medical diagnosis
multidisciplinary
Neoplasms - epidemiology
Obesity
Post-menopause
Postmenopause
Prospective Studies
Regression analysis
Risk Factors
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Smoking
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