TY - JOUR
T1 - Adolescent body mass index and risk of colon and rectal cancer in a cohort of 1.79 million Israeli men and women
T2 - A population-based study
AU - Levi, Zohar
AU - Kark, Jeremy D.
AU - Katz, Lior H.
AU - Twig, Gilad
AU - Derazne, Estela
AU - Tzur, Dorit
AU - Leibovici Weissman, Yaara
AU - Leiba, Adi
AU - Lipshiez, Irena
AU - Keinan Boker, Lital
AU - Afek, Arnon
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 American Cancer Society
PY - 2017/10/15
Y1 - 2017/10/15
N2 - BACKGROUND: This study examined the association between the body mass index (BMI) in late adolescence and the risk of colon and rectal cancer. METHODS: This study analyzed a cohort of 1,087,358 Jewish men and 707,212 Jewish women who underwent health examinations at the ages of 16 to 19 years between 1967 and 2002 and were followed by linkage to the national cancer registry up to 2012. Cox regression was used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) for cancer according to age- and sex-adjusted BMI percentiles from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (overweight, 85th percentile to <95th percentile; obesity, ≥95th percentile). RESULTS: Over a median follow-up of 23 years, 2967 incidence cases of colorectal cancer, including 1977 among men (1403 in the colon and 574 in the rectum) and 990 among women (764 in the colon and 226 in the rectum), were identified. Overweight and obesity were associated with the risk for colon cancer among both men (HR for overweight, 1.53; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.28-1.84; HR for obesity, 1.54; 95% CI, 1.15-2.06; statistically significant from a BMI of 23.4 kg/m2 [spline analysis]) and women (HR for overweight, 1.54; 95% CI, 1.22-1.93; HR for obesity, 1.51; 95% CI, 0.89-2.57; significant from a BMI of 23.6 kg/m2). Obesity, but not overweight, was associated with a risk for rectal cancer among men (HR, 1.71; 95% CI, 1.11-2.65; significant from a BMI of 29.6 kg/m2) and women (HR, 2.03; 95% CI, 0.90-4.58; significant from a BMI of 30.6 kg/m2). CONCLUSIONS: Being overweight or obese in adolescence was associated with an increased risk of subsequent colon cancers in men and women, whereas obesity was associated with rectal cancer. Cancer 2017;123:4022-30.
AB - BACKGROUND: This study examined the association between the body mass index (BMI) in late adolescence and the risk of colon and rectal cancer. METHODS: This study analyzed a cohort of 1,087,358 Jewish men and 707,212 Jewish women who underwent health examinations at the ages of 16 to 19 years between 1967 and 2002 and were followed by linkage to the national cancer registry up to 2012. Cox regression was used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) for cancer according to age- and sex-adjusted BMI percentiles from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (overweight, 85th percentile to <95th percentile; obesity, ≥95th percentile). RESULTS: Over a median follow-up of 23 years, 2967 incidence cases of colorectal cancer, including 1977 among men (1403 in the colon and 574 in the rectum) and 990 among women (764 in the colon and 226 in the rectum), were identified. Overweight and obesity were associated with the risk for colon cancer among both men (HR for overweight, 1.53; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.28-1.84; HR for obesity, 1.54; 95% CI, 1.15-2.06; statistically significant from a BMI of 23.4 kg/m2 [spline analysis]) and women (HR for overweight, 1.54; 95% CI, 1.22-1.93; HR for obesity, 1.51; 95% CI, 0.89-2.57; significant from a BMI of 23.6 kg/m2). Obesity, but not overweight, was associated with a risk for rectal cancer among men (HR, 1.71; 95% CI, 1.11-2.65; significant from a BMI of 29.6 kg/m2) and women (HR, 2.03; 95% CI, 0.90-4.58; significant from a BMI of 30.6 kg/m2). CONCLUSIONS: Being overweight or obese in adolescence was associated with an increased risk of subsequent colon cancers in men and women, whereas obesity was associated with rectal cancer. Cancer 2017;123:4022-30.
KW - adolescence
KW - body mass index (BMI)
KW - colorectal cancer
KW - obesity
KW - overweight
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U2 - 10.1002/cncr.30819
DO - 10.1002/cncr.30819
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85030239934
SN - 0008-543X
VL - 123
SP - 4022
EP - 4030
JO - Cancer
JF - Cancer
IS - 20
ER -