Is body size associated with ovarian cancer in southern Chinese women?
Purpose: To investigate the association between risk of ovarian cancer and body size among southern Chinese women. Methods: A hospital-based case–control study was undertaken in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, from 2006 to 2008. Participants were 500 incident ovarian cancer patients and 500 controls,...
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| author | Dada, Su Pasalich, Maria Binns, Colin Lee, Andy |
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| description | Purpose: To investigate the association between risk of ovarian cancer and body size among southern Chinese women. Methods: A hospital-based case–control study was undertaken in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, from 2006 to 2008. Participants were 500 incident ovarian cancer patients and 500 controls, with a mean age of 59 years. Information on adult height and weight was obtained via face-to-face interview using a structured questionnaire. Logistic regression analyses were performed to assess the association between anthropometric factors and the ovarian cancer risk. Results: Compared with women having body weight ≤50 kg and body mass index (BMI) <18.5 kg/m2, the adjusted odds ratios (ORs) of ovarian cancer were 1.84 (95 % confidence interval (CI) 1.34–2.54) and 1.77 (95 % CI 1.04–3.02) in those women who had body weight >55 kg and BMI ≥23 kg/m2, respectively. Significant dose–response relationships were also observed for both weight and BMI (p<0.01). Body height was not significantly associated with ovarian cancer risk. Conclusion: Body weight and BMI were associated with increased risk of ovarian cancer in southern Chinese women. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-293862017-09-13T16:08:46Z Is body size associated with ovarian cancer in southern Chinese women? Dada, Su Pasalich, Maria Binns, Colin Lee, Andy height weight ovarian cancer body mass index China Purpose: To investigate the association between risk of ovarian cancer and body size among southern Chinese women. Methods: A hospital-based case–control study was undertaken in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, from 2006 to 2008. Participants were 500 incident ovarian cancer patients and 500 controls, with a mean age of 59 years. Information on adult height and weight was obtained via face-to-face interview using a structured questionnaire. Logistic regression analyses were performed to assess the association between anthropometric factors and the ovarian cancer risk. Results: Compared with women having body weight ≤50 kg and body mass index (BMI) <18.5 kg/m2, the adjusted odds ratios (ORs) of ovarian cancer were 1.84 (95 % confidence interval (CI) 1.34–2.54) and 1.77 (95 % CI 1.04–3.02) in those women who had body weight >55 kg and BMI ≥23 kg/m2, respectively. Significant dose–response relationships were also observed for both weight and BMI (p<0.01). Body height was not significantly associated with ovarian cancer risk. Conclusion: Body weight and BMI were associated with increased risk of ovarian cancer in southern Chinese women. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29386 10.1007/s10552-012-0075-y Kluwer Academic Publishers restricted |
| spellingShingle | height weight ovarian cancer body mass index China Dada, Su Pasalich, Maria Binns, Colin Lee, Andy Is body size associated with ovarian cancer in southern Chinese women? |
| title | Is body size associated with ovarian cancer in southern Chinese women? |
| title_full | Is body size associated with ovarian cancer in southern Chinese women? |
| title_fullStr | Is body size associated with ovarian cancer in southern Chinese women? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is body size associated with ovarian cancer in southern Chinese women? |
| title_short | Is body size associated with ovarian cancer in southern Chinese women? |
| title_sort | is body size associated with ovarian cancer in southern chinese women? |
| topic | height weight ovarian cancer body mass index China |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29386 |