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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 21.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2012 Apr 4;21(5):737–746. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-11-0826

Figure 2. Combined odds ratios for colon cancer screening by BMI category by race and sex.

Figure 2

Panel A . White men, Panel B . White women, Panel C . Black men, Panel D . Black women

BMI Categories: normal, 18.5–24.9 kg/m2 (reference); overweight, 25–29.9 kg/m2; class I obesity, 30–34.9 kg/m2; class II obesity, 35–39.9 kg/m2; and class III obesity, ≥ 40 kg/m2

Number of studies included in meta-analysis: Panel A, 6; Panel B, 7; Panel C, 5 (class III obesity, 4); Panel D, 6