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Cancer cases and deaths attributable to lifestyle risk factors in Chile.
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- Proportion of cancer cases and deaths attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors in Peru.BMC cancer · 2024Article
- Mapping the prevalence of cancer risk factors at the small area level in Australia.International journal of health geographics · 2023Article
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- Association of a Healthy Lifestyle with All-Cause, Cause-Specific Mortality and Incident Cancer among Individuals with Metabolic Syndrome: A Prospective Cohort Study in UK Biobank.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Relative contributions of six lifestyle- and health-related exposures to epigenetic aging: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study.Clinical epigenetics · 2022Article
- Burden of cancer attributable to modifiable factors in Japan in 2015.Global health & medicine · 2022Article
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- Alcohol-attributable burden of cancer in Argentina.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Prevalence and co-occurrence of lifestyle risk factors for non-communicable diseases according to sociodemographic characteristics among adults Chilean residents.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Global burden of cancer in 2020 attributable to alcohol consumption: a population-based study.The Lancet. Oncology · 2021Article
- Non-communicable diseases deaths attributable to high body mass index in Chile.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Medical Cost of Cancer Care for Privately Insured Children in Chile.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Muscular Strength of Upper and Lower Limbs and Self-Esteem in Chilean SchoolChildren: Independent Associations with Body Composition Indicators.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo identify modifiable risk factors that contribute to cancer holds important public health relevance for setting up prevention strategies. Therefore, the aim of this study was to estimate the proportion of cancer cases and deaths attributable to alcohol consumption, high body mass index (BMI), low fruits and vegetables consumption, lack of physical activity, tobacco smoking, and passive smoking in Chile in 2018.
methodsWe retrieved data from a national representative survey to describe the distribution of six lifestyle risk factors. Relative risks of each risk factor-cancer pair were obtained from published meta-analysis and pooled cohort studies. Cancer cases and deaths were obtained from the GLOBOCAN 2018.
resultsNearly 30% of all cancer cases (15,097 out of 50,320 cases) and 36% of all cancer deaths (10,155 out of 28,010 deaths) in Chile in 2018 were attributable to lifestyle risk factors. Smoking and high BMI accounted for most of the cancer cases (9232 and 4394, respectively) and deaths (6868 and 2572). The cancer burden of other lifestyle risk factors varied by sex. In men, the proportion of all cancer cases attributed to alcohol were 3.7% compare to 2.0% for women. Cancers cases and deaths of the larynx, lung, oral/cavity, esophagus and bladder could be at least halved if lifestyle risk factors were eliminated.
conclusionSmoking and high BMI were the leading causes of preventable cancer cases and deaths within the six lifestyles factors considered. Cancer prevention strategies should consider evidence-based interventions and public policies to encourage the adoption of a healthier lifestyle.
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