Ward, Heather AWark, Petra AMuller, David CSteffen, AnnikaJohansson, MattiasNorat, TeresaGunter, Marc JOvervad, KimDahm, Christina CHalkjær, JytteTjønneland, AnneBoutron-Ruault, Marie-ChristineFagherazzi, GuyMesrine, SylvieBrennan, PaulFreisling, HeinzLi, KuanrongKaaks, RudolfTrichopoulou, AntoniaLagiou, PagonaPanico, SalavatoreGrioni, SaraTumino, RosarioVineis, PaoloPalli, DomenicoPeeters, Petra H MBueno-de-Mesquita, H BasWeiderpass, ElisabeteAgudo, AntonioQuirós, Jose RamónLarrañaga, NereaArdanaz, EvaHuerta, José MaríaSanchez-Perez, Maria-JoseLaurell, GöranJohansson, IngegerdWestin, UllaWallström, PeterBradbury, Kathryn EWareham, Nicholas JKhaw, Kay-TeePearson, ClareBoeing, HeinerRiboli, Elio2023-01-252023-01-252017-02-09http://hdl.handle.net/10668/10855Background: Emerging evidence from cohort studies indicates that adiposity is associated with greater incidence of head and neck cancer. However, most studies have used self-reported anthropometry which is prone to error.Methods: Among 363,094 participants in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study (EPIC) with measured anthropometry, there were 837 incident cases of head and neck cancer. Head and neck cancer risk was examined in relation to body mass index (BMI) [lean:enAdiposityAdultAgedCohort StudiesFemaleHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansMaleMiddle AgedNutritional StatusProspective StudiesRisk FactorsWhite Peopleresearch article28183827open access10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-16-08861538-7755PMC5540168https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/bitstream/1810/262898/1/Measured%20adiposity%20in%20relation%20to%20head%20and%20neck%20cancer%20risk%20in%20the%20European%20Prospective%20Investigation%20into%20Cancer%20and%20Nutrition.pdfhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5540168/pdf