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@ARTICLE{Mandic:300129,
author = {M. Mandic$^*$ and F. Safizadeh$^*$ and B. Schöttker$^*$
and B. Holleczek$^*$ and M. Hoffmeister$^*$ and H.
Brenner$^*$},
title = {{B}ody mass index across adulthood, weight gain and cancer
risk: a population-based cohort study.},
journal = {BMC cancer},
volume = {25},
number = {1},
issn = {1471-2407},
address = {London},
publisher = {BioMed Central},
reportid = {DKFZ-2025-00626},
pages = {488},
year = {2025},
note = {#EA:C070#LA:C070#},
abstract = {Although the association between excess weight and cancer
risk is well established, it is not known how this
association evolves across the lifespan. We aimed to
investigate the strength of the association of excess weight
at different ages in adulthood and adult weight gain with
cancer risk.We used data from a German population-based
cohort study of 9,218 participants aged 50-75 (mean 62)
years recruited between 2000 and 2002. Participants provided
socio-demographic, medical, and lifestyle data, including
self-reported current height and weight (at ages 20, 30, 40,
50 and baseline). Main exposures were body mass index (BMI,
kg/m2) at different ages and weight change (kg) since age
20. The outcome was obesity-related cancer (13 types).
Hazard ratios (HRs) and $95\%$ confidence intervals (CIs)
were estimated using multivariable Cox models.During a
median follow-up of 17.1 years, 852 diagnoses of
obesity-related cancers were recorded. Overweight and
obesity in early and middle adulthood showed no significant
associations with obesity-related cancer risk, whereas
significant positive associations were observed for
overweight and obesity at age 50 years and older. For weight
change since age 20, strong associations were found, with
HRs $(95\%$ CI) of 1.42 (1.11-1.81), 1.57 (1.24-1.99) and
1.96 (1.56-2.47) for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th quartile compared
to the lowest quartile, respectively. After mutual
adjustment for adult weight gain and BMI at baseline, the
estimates for weight gain persisted, while those for BMI at
baseline disappeared. The main limitation of the study is
that the weights were self-reported.Our findings suggest
that excess weight may have a varying effect on cancer risk
through life with its impact potentially being more
pronounced in later adulthood, and that adulthood weight
gain might be a better indicator of obesity-related cancer
risk than BMI measured at a single point in time.},
keywords = {Humans / Body Mass Index / Middle Aged / Male / Weight Gain
/ Female / Neoplasms: epidemiology / Neoplasms: etiology /
Aged / Obesity: complications / Obesity: epidemiology / Risk
Factors / Germany: epidemiology / Cohort Studies /
Proportional Hazards Models / Adult / Overweight:
complications / Overweight: epidemiology / Follow-Up Studies
/ Breast cancer (Other) / Cancer (Other) / Colorectal cancer
(Other) / Excess weight (Other) / Obesity (Other) /
Overweight (Other) / Weight gain (Other)},
cin = {C070 / HD01},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)C070-20160331 / I:(DE-He78)HD01-20160331},
pnm = {313 - Krebsrisikofaktoren und Prävention (POF4-313)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-313},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:40097970},
pmc = {pmc:PMC11912780},
doi = {10.1186/s12885-025-13855-0},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/300129},
}