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. 2013 Jul 31;2013:632461. doi: 10.1155/2013/632461

Table 2.

Effects of obesity and diabetes mellitus type 2 on risk of different types of cancer.

Type of cancer Obesity Diabetes mellitus type 2
Men Women Men and women
Bladder None None 1.37 (1.04–1.8) [301]
Breast 1.2 (1.11–1.3) [302]
 Premenopausal 0.92 (0.88–0.97) Not available
 Postmenopausal 1.12 (1.08–1.16) Not available
Colorectal 1.38 (1.26–1.51) [303]
 Colon 1.24 (1.20–1.28) 1.09 (1.05–1.13) Not available
 Rectum 1.09 (1.06–1.12) None Not available
Endometrium 1.59 (1.50–1.68) 2.22 (1.80–2.74) [304]
Gall bladder/biliary tract None 1.59 (1.02–2.47) 1.43 (1.18–1.72) [305]
Liver None None 2.50 (1.80–3.50) [306]
Leukaemia 1.08 (1.02–1.14) 1.17 (1.04–1.32) Not available
Malignant melanoma 1.17 (1.05–1.30) None Not available
Multiple myeloma 1.11 (1.05–1.18) 1.11 (1.07–1.15) Not available
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma 1.06 (1.03–1.09) 1.07 (1.00–1.14) 1.79 (1.3–2.47) [307]
Oesophageal adenocarcinoma 1.52 (1.33–1.74) 1.51 (1.31–1.74) 1.3 (1.12–1.50) [25]
Pancreas None 1.12 (1.02–1.22) 1.94 (1.5–2.4) [308]
Renal 1.24 (1.15–1.34) 1.34 (1.25–1.43) 1.42 (1.06–1.91) [309]
Thyroid 1.33 (1.04–1.70) 1.14 (1.06–1.23) Not available

The increased relative risks and the 95% confidence limits, in brackets, are given. For obesity, the relative risk ratio is per 5 kg/m2 increase in weight [19].