1. Predicted basal metabolic rate and cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition
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Elisabete Weiderpass, Kim Overvad, Giovanna Masala, Guy Fagherazzi, Rudolf Kaaks, Daniel Redondo-Sánchez, Sabina Rinaldi, Ulrica Ericson, Dagfinn Aune, Pilar Amiano, Therese Haugdahl Nøst, Antonia Trichopoulou, Rosario Tumino, Paula Jakszyn, Neil Murphy, Elio Riboli, Tilman Kühn, Francesca Mancini, Heinz Freisling, Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault, Maria Santucci de Magistris, Inge Huybrechts, Marc J. Gunter, Carlotta Sacerdote, Nathalie Kliemann, Christina C. Dahm, Vivian Viallon, Vittorio Krogh, Lena Maria Nilsson, Isabel Drake, Anne M. May, Heiner Boeing, Matthias B. Schulze, Carlo La Vecchia, Anne Tjønneland, Anna Karakatsani, Aurelio Barricarte Gurrea, Konstantinos K. Tsilidis, María Dolores Chirlaque, José Ramón Quirós, Centre international de Recherche sur le Cancer (CIRC), Université de Paris-Saclay [Villejuif], Centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations (CESP), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Paul Brousse-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris-Saclay, Deutsche Krebshilfe Cancer Research UK, CRUK: C8221/A19170, 14136, C570/A16491 Ligue Contre le Cancer Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Inserm Kræftens Bekæmpelse, DCS Research Councils UK, RCUK Health and Medical Research Fund, HMRF: FIS Zorginstituut Nederland, ZIN PI13/01162, PI13/00061 World Cancer Research Fund, WCRF: ERC‐2009‐AdG 232997 Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro, AIRC National Research Council, NRC Ecumenical Project for International Cooperation, EPIC Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Inserm European Commission, EU Centre International de Recherche sur le Cancer, CIRC Norway Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ: DKFZ World Cancer Research Fund, WCRF Cancerfonden NordForsk Medical Research Council, MRC: MR/M012190/1, 1000143, The authors would like to thank the EPIC study participants and staff for their valuable contribution to this research. The authors would also like to thank Mr Bertrand Hemon for his support in preparing the databases and Dr Joseph Rothwell for his support in creating the figures. The coordination of EPIC is financially supported by the European Commission (DGSANCO) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer. The national cohorts are supported by Danish Cancer Society (Denmark), Ligue Contre le Cancer, Institut Gustave Roussy, Mutuelle Générale de l'Education Nationale, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM, France), German Cancer Aid, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF, Germany), the Hellenic Health Foundation (Greece), Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro‐AIRC‐Italy and National Research Council (Italy), Dutch Ministry of Public Health, Welfare and Sports (VWS), Netherlands Cancer Registry (NKR), LK Research Funds, Dutch Prevention Funds, Dutch ZON (Zorg Onderzoek Nederland), World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), ERC‐2009‐AdG 232997 and Nordforsk, Nordic Centre of Excellence Programme on Food, Nutrition and Health (Norway), Health Research Fund (FIS) of the Spanish Ministry of Health (FIS, PI13/00061 to Granada, PI13/01162 to EPIC‐Murcia), Regional Governments of Andalucía, Asturias, Basque Country, Murcia and Navarra and the Catalan Institute of Oncology (Spain), Swedish Cancer Society, Swedish Research Council and County Councils of Skåne and Västerbotten (Sweden), Cancer Research UK (14136 to EPIC‐Norfolk, C570/A16491 and C8221/A19170 to EPIC‐Oxford), Medical Research Council (1000143 to EPIC‐Norfolk, MR/M012190/1 to EPIC‐Oxford, and United Kingdom).
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Oncology ,Adult ,Male ,metabolic disorder ,Cancer Research ,medicine.medical_specialty ,obesity ,[SDV.CAN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,Neoplasms ,medicine ,Humans ,cancer ,1112 Oncology and Carcinogenesis ,Oncology & Carcinogenesis ,Prospective Studies ,Risk factor ,Càncer ,Nutrició ,Aged ,Cancer ,Nutrition ,Sex Characteristics ,business.industry ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Incidence ,Hazard ratio ,Metabolic disorder ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Obesity ,3. Good health ,European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition ,Europe ,Nutrition Assessment ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Basal metabolic rate ,basal metabolic rate ,Female ,Basal Metabolism ,business - Abstract
Emerging evidence suggests that a metabolic profile associated with obesity may be a more relevant risk factor for some cancers than adiposity per se. Basal metabolic rate (BMR) is an indicator of overall body metabolism and may be a proxy for the impact of a specific metabolic profile on cancer risk. Therefore, we investigated the association of predicted BMR with incidence of 13 obesity-related cancers in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). BMR at baseline was calculated using the WHO/FAO/UNU equations and the relationships between BMR and cancer risk were investigated using multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression models. A total of 141,295 men and 317,613 women, with a mean follow-up of 14 years were included in the analysis. Overall, higher BMR was associated with a greater risk for most cancers that have been linked with obesity. However, among normal weight participants, higher BMR was associated with elevated risks of esophageal adenocarcinoma (hazard ratio per 1-standard deviation change in BMR [HR 1-SD]: 2.46; 95% CI 1.20; 5.03) and distal colon cancer (HR 1-SD: 1.33; 95% CI 1.001; 1.77) among men and with proximal colon (HR 1-SD: 1.16; 95% CI 1.01; 1.35), pancreatic (HR 1-SD: 1.37; 95% CI 1.13; 1.66), thyroid (HR 1-SD: 1.65; 95% CI 1.33; 2.05), postmenopausal breast (HR 1-SD: 1.17; 95% CI 1.11; 1.22) and endometrial (HR 1-SD: 1.20; 95% CI 1.03; 1.40) cancers in women. These results indicate that higher BMR may be an indicator of a metabolic phenotype associated with risk of certain cancer types, and may be a useful predictor of cancer risk independent of body fatness.
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- 2020