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Meta-Analysis
. 2012 Jul;36(7):868-75.
doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2011.12.020. Epub 2012 Jan 29.

Obesity but not overweight increases the incidence and mortality of leukemia in adults: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

Jorge J Castillo  1 , John L Reagan, Randall R Ingham, Michael Furman, Samir Dalia, Basma Merhi, Saed Nemr, Ali Zarrabi, Joanna Mitri
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Meta-Analysis

Obesity but not overweight increases the incidence and mortality of leukemia in adults: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

Jorge J Castillo et al. Leuk Res. 2012 Jul.

Abstract

The main objectives of the present meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies were to evaluate the role of obesity on the incidence and mortality of leukemia in adults. Obesity was associated with a relative risk (RR) of 1.26 (95% CI 1.17-1.37; p < 0.001) for leukemia incidence and 1.29 (95% CI 1.11-1.49; p = 0.001) for mortality. Obesity was also associated with an increased incidence of acute myeloid leukemia (RR 1.53, 95% CI 1.26-1.85; p<0.001), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (RR 1.17, 95% CI 1.08-1.27; p < 0.001), chronic myeloid leukemia (RR 1.16, 95% CI 1.04-1.30; p = 0.007) and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (RR 1.62, 95% CI 1.12-2.32; p = 0.009). The risk of incidence and mortality of leukemia in adults was consistently higher in obese men.

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