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. 2012 Sep 18;2012:626035. doi: 10.1155/2012/626035

Table 3.

Anthropomorphic factors associated with the development of follicular lymphoma.

Exposure Measure of effect (95% CI) P-trend Reference
BMI

BMI > 30 RR = 1.10 (0.82–1.47) [32]
BMI > 30 at cohort entry (men) HR = 1.86 (0.44–7.86) 0.09 [33]
Usual adult BMI > 30 OR = 1.4 (0.8–2.5) 0.2 [34]
Baseline BMI > 30 HR = 1.03 (0.67–1.60) 0.465 [31]

Weight

Highest weight category at cohort entry HR = 3.20 (0.74–13.84) 0.18 [33]
Highest weight category at age of 21 (men) HR = 1.82 (0.39–8.37) 0.47 [33]
Highest category of weight OR = 0.66 (0.31–1.41) 0.2 [36]
Highest category weight at age of 20 years HR = 1.32 (0.83–2.10) 0.182 [31]
Highest category of baseline weight HR = 1.14 (0.72–1.82) 0.555 [31]
>6 kg weight gain/10 years HR = 1.16 (0.71–1.90) 0.946 [31]
Highest category of positive annual weight gain HR = 5.34 (0.89–32.06) 0.24 [33]

Height

Highest category at cohort entry (men) HR = 3.89 (0.86–17.55) 0.09 [33]
Highest category of Height OR = 1.28 (0.56–2.93) 0.6 [36]
Highest category of baseline height HR = 1.07 (0.67–1.71) 0.571 [31]

Calorie intake

Highest category of total cal. intake OR = 1.69 (1.14–2.51) 0.002 [35]
Highest Category of total energy intake OR = 0.82 (0.45–1.52) 0.8 [36]

Physical activity metabolic equivalents

Highest cat. of mod phys. act. OR = 0.79 (0.53–1.19) 0.16 [35]
Highest cat. of vigorous phys. Act. OR = 0.59 (0.38–0.91) 0.037 [35]
Highest cat. of tot. phys. act. OR = 0.64 (0.42–0.97) 0.042 [35]
Highest cat. of Nonoccupational phys. act. OR = 0.79 (0.40–1.56) 0.5 [36]