Obesity as a Risk Factor for Prostate Cancer Mortality: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of 280,199 Patients.
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2021-08-19
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Rivera-Izquierdo, Mario
Pérez de Rojas, Javier
Martínez-Ruiz, Virginia
Pérez-Gómez, Beatriz
Sánchez, María-José
Khan, Khalid Saeed
Jiménez-Moleón, José Juan
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The aim of this study was to systematically review all evidence evaluating obesity as a prognostic factor for PC mortality. Cohort and case-control studies reporting mortality among PC patients stratified by body mass index (BMI) were included. The risk of mortality among obese patients (BMI ≥ 30) was compared with the risk for normal weight (BMI
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all-cause mortality, body mass index, causation, outcomes, prostate cancer specific mortality