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. 1999 Nov;81(5):890–892. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690781

Body weight and risk of soft-tissue sarcoma

A Tavani 1, M Soler 1, C La Vecchia 1,2, E Negri 1, S Gallus 1, S Franceschi 3
PMCID: PMC2374286  PMID: 10555763

Abstract

The relation between body mass (BMI) and soft-tissue sarcoma (STS) risk was evaluated in a case–control study from Northern Italy based on 217 incident STS and 1297 hospital controls. The risk of STS rose with BMI, with multivariate odds ratios of 3.49 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.06–11.55) among men and 3.26 (95% CI 1.27–8.35) among women with a BMI >30 kg m–2 compared to those with BMI ≤ 20 kg m–2. © 1999 Cancer Research Campaign

Keywords: body mass index, case–control studies, obesity, overweight, soft-tissue sarcoma

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