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Metabolic Phenotype and Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Normal-Weight Postmenopausal Women
Liang, Xiaoyun, Margolis, Karen L., Hendryx, Michael, Rohan, Thomas E., Groessl, Erik J., Thomson, Cynthia A., Kroenke, Candyce H., Simon, Michael S., Lane, Dorothy, Stefanick, Marcia, Luo, Juhua
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| Title | Metabolic Phenotype and Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Normal-Weight Postmenopausal Women |
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| Authors | Liang, Xiaoyun, Margolis, Karen L., Hendryx, Michael, Rohan, Thomas E., Groessl, Erik J., Thomson, Cynthia A., Kroenke, Candyce H., Simon, Michael S., Lane, Dorothy, Stefanick, Marcia, Luo, Juhua |
| Publication Year |
2017
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| Description |
Background: The prevalence of metabolically unhealthy phenotype in normal-weight adults is 30%, and few studies have explored the association between metabolic phenotype and colorectal cancer incidence in normal-weight individuals. Our aim was to compare the risk of colorectal cancer in normal-weight postmenopausal women who were characterized by either the metabolically healthy phenotype or the metabolically unhealthy phenotype. Methods: A large prospective cohort, the Women's Health Initiative, was used. The analytic sample included 5,068 postmenopausal women with BMI 18.5 to
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| Document Type |
Article
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| Language |
English
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| Publisher Information |
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH, 2017.
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