Obesity Riskier Than Smoking for Colorectal Cancer
October 15, 2007 by Kristen King
Filed under Women's Health
But that doesn’t mean you have a free pass to keep smoking, missy.
Findings announced at the 72nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology identified obesity as the biggest risk factor for colorectal cancer in women.
Although smoking posed a significant increased risk for colorectal neoplasia, researchers found that for women, obesity was the highest attributable risk factor for developing the disease. BMI accounted for one-fifth of all significant polyps detected during colonoscopy. Of those patients who had colorectal neoplasia, 20 percent were obese and 14 percent were smokers.*
BMI refers to body mass index, which is a number based on weight and height used to determine weight categories, is commonly used to classify individuals as underweight, healthy weight, overweight, or obese.
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