Table 4. Number of individuals, deaths and incident cancers during follow-up according to anthropometric measure in the Obesity and Disease Development Sweden (ODDS) study.
Anthropometric measure | Individuals, n | Deaths, n | Incident cancers, n | |||
Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | |
Weight (full population) | 2 165 048 | 2 130 811 | 280 537 all-cause98 796 CVD78 178 cancer15 325 respiratory system | 121 635 all-cause35 198 CVD45 744 cancer7174 respiratory system | 197 168 all cancer62 027 prostate11 448 colon993 small intestine658 penis | 144 413 all cancer50 732 breast7920 colon530 small intestine742 vulva |
≥2 weight assessments | 477 705 | 1 263 056 | 133 073 all-cause | 62 245 all-cause | 84 205 all cancer | 70 697 all cancer |
Waist circumference | 152 089 | 212 658 | 37 155 all-cause | 35 951 all-cause | 26 619 all cancer | 28 296 all cancer |
≥2 waist circumference assessments | 41 669 | 67 126 | 9890 all-cause | 8664 all-cause | 6407 all cancer | 7321 all cancer |
CVD, cardiovascular diseases