Body mass index and mortality in men with prostate cancer

BACKGROUND Body Mass index (BMI) has been shown to affect risk and mortality of several cancers. Prostate cancer and obesity are major public health concerns for middle‐aged and older men. Previous studies of pre‐diagnostic BMI have found an increased risk of prostate cancer mortality in obese patie...

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Published in:The Prostate 2015-08, Vol.75 (11), p.1129-1136
Main Authors: Cantarutti, Anna, Bonn, Stephanie E., Adami, Hans-Olov, Grönberg, Henrik, Bellocco, Rino, Bälter, Katarina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Body Mass Index
Case-Control Studies
Comorbidity
Deaths
epidemiology
Humans
Male
Medical diagnosis
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Men
Middle Aged
Mortality
Obesity - diagnosis
Obesity - epidemiology
Proportional Hazards Models
Prostate - pathology
Prostate cancer
Prostatic Neoplasms - diagnosis
Prostatic Neoplasms - mortality
Risk Factors
Sweden - epidemiology
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Summary:BACKGROUND Body Mass index (BMI) has been shown to affect risk and mortality of several cancers. Prostate cancer and obesity are major public health concerns for middle‐aged and older men. Previous studies of pre‐diagnostic BMI have found an increased risk of prostate cancer mortality in obese patients. OBJECTIVE To study the associations between BMI at time of prostate cancer diagnosis and prostate cancer specific and overall mortality. METHODS BMI was analyzed both as a continuous variable and categorized into four groups based on the observed distribution in the cohort (BMI 
ISSN:0270-4137
1097-0045
1097-0045
DOI:10.1002/pros.23001