Blar i forfatter Mastergradsoppgaver i folkehelsevitenskap "Oyeyemi, Sunday Oluwafemi"
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Relationship of Body Mass Index to Cancer Incidence in Young and Middle Aged Men and Women followed over 24 years: The Tromsø Study
Oyeyemi, Sunday Oluwafemi (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2014-07-29)Background: Obesity remains a serious but preventable challenge of our time, and it has been linked to many comorbidities. This study uses body mass index (BMI) as a measure of obesity to investigate the relationship between low and high BMI and total cancer incidence, as well as some common specific cancers. These relationships were explored in relatively young subjects who may lose more life years ...