SynthesisBioscience reports2017
Abdominal obesity and colorectal cancer risk: systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies.
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119 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 221 citations in OpenAlex.
- Intentional Weight Loss and Associated Cancer Incidence Among People With Overweight or Obesity: A Systematic Literature Review.Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism · 2025Pooled it
- Adiposity associations with risk of colorectal cancer: a systematic review.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2025Pooled it
- Abdominal obesity and digestive system cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies.BMC public health · 2023Pooled it
- The Impact of Bariatric Surgery on the Incidence of Colorectal Cancer in Patients with Obesity-a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Registry Data.Obesity surgery · 2023Pooled it
- Combined Effect of Healthy Lifestyle Factors and Risks of Colorectal Adenoma, Colorectal Cancer, and Colorectal Cancer Mortality: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Pooled it
- Association between peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ-2 gene Pro12Ala polymorphisms and risk of hypertension: an updated meta-analysis.Bioscience reports · 2019Pooled it
- Electroacupuncture Reduces Waistline in Patients with Abdominal Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Trial with Mechanistic Analysis of Lipidomic and Intestinal Microbiota.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2025Trial
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- Impact of an Abdominal Compression Bandage on the Completion of Colonoscopy for Obese Adults: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial.Canadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2022Trial
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- Serum inflammatory markers and influencing factors in patients with colorectal adenomas.American journal of cancer research · 2026Article
- Secular trend of colorectal cancer related with low physical activity from 1990 to 2021 in China.BMC cancer · 2025Article
- Comparing Traditional and Newer Definitions of Obesity in Relation to Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Obesity-Related Cancer Risk: A Prospective Cohort Study in ARIC.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry-Derived Adiposity and Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Postmenopausal Women.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2025Article
- Modified predictive model incorporating the waist-to-hip ratio for advanced colorectal neoplasia: A step toward precision screening.World journal of clinical oncology · 2025Article
- Association between different patterns of obesity and the short-term outcomes of gastric cancer surgery.European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation (ECP) · 2025Article
- Difference Between Walking Parameters During 6 Min Walk Test Before and After Abdominal Surgery in Colorectal Cancer Patients.Cancers · 2025Article
- Worldwide burden and cross-regional health inequalities of high BMI-attributable colorectal cancer by gender from 1990 to 2021, with predictions through 2041.BMC gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Survival Tree Analysis of Interactions Among Factors Associated With Colorectal Cancer Risk in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: Retrospective Cohort Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2025Article
- Waist Circumference, a Body Shape Index, and Molecular Subtypes of Colorectal Cancer: A Pooled Analysis of Four Cohort Studies.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2025Article
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Abstract
The association between abdominal obesity (as measured by waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR)) and colorectal cancer (CRC) has not been fully quantified, and the magnitude of CRC risk associated with abdominal obesity is still unclear. A meta-analysis of prospective studies was performed to elucidate the CRC risk associated with abdominal obesity. Pubmed and Embase were searched for studies assessing the association between abdominal obesity and CRC risk. Relative risks (RRs) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) were pooled using random-effects model of meta-analysis. Nineteen prospective cohort studies from eighteen publications were included in this meta-analysis. A total of 12,837 CRC cases were identified among 1,343,560 participants. Greater WC and WHR were significantly associated with increased risk of total colorectal cancer (WC: RR 1.42, 95% CI 1.30, 1.55; WHR: RR 1.39, 95% CI 1.25, 1.53), colon cancer (WC: RR 1.53, 95% CI 1.36, 1.72; WHR: 1.39, 95% CI 1.18, 1.63), and rectal cancer (WC: RR 1.20, 95% CI 1.03, 1.39; WHR: RR 1.22, 95% CI 1.05, 1.42). Subgroup analyses further identified the robustness of the association above. No obvious risk of publication bias was observed. In summary, abdominal obesity may play an important role in the development of CRC.
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