Diabetes and endometrial cancer: effect modification by body weight, physical activity and hypertension
Article 2007 en
Authors
EL
Ersilia Lucenteforte
CB
Cristina Bosetti
RT
Renato Talamini
Abstract
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Among 777 endometrial cancer cases and 1550 controls from Italy and Switzerland, odds ratio was 1.7 (95% confidence interval: 1.2-2.5) for diabetes, and 5.1 for obese diabetic women as compared with non-obese non-diabetic ones. Diabetes shows a supramultiplicative effect with body mass index, but not with physical activity or hypertension.
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