colon cancer: BMI as risk factor for early cancer
A recent article suggested that much of the risk of early-onset colorectal cancer (CRC) may be related to increasing BMI in young people (see colon cancer BMI as risk factor Gastro2022 in dropbox, or https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2021.12.239 ) Details: -- 6602 patients with CRC and 7950 matched controls were compared in a population-based case-control study from Germany -- of these, 747 patients and 621 controls were younger than 55 years old and included in the analysis -- BMI was self-reported (height and weight) at ages 20 and 30, and at approximately 10 years before diagnosis (in CRC cases) or similarly timed interview (in controls) -- patients and controls participated in personal interviews with trained interviewers assessing social demographics, medical, and lifestyle history -- community-based controls were selected randomly from populat...