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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gastroenterology. 2013 Dec 6;146(2):357–373. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2013.11.051

Figure 1. Relative Risks of GI Cancers in Obese Men and Women.

Figure 1

Obesity confers increased risk of several malignancies. Reductions in obesity rates should result in decreased cancer incidence and potentially mortality. In men, obesity-associated cancers include esophageal, colon, liver, pancreas and prostate. In women, obesity-associated cancers include endometrial, gallbladder, breast (postmenopausal women), pancreas and colon. Data presented as relative risk per 5 kg/m2 higher BMI. Adapted from [3].