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Associations between obesity and cancers. Relative risks of gastrointestinal cancers in obese men and women, risks per 5 kg/m2 increase in body mass index (data extracted from Aleman et al. (2014)).
| Men | |
| Oesophageal | 1.52 |
| Colon | 1.24 |
| Liver | 1.24 |
| Pancreas | 1.07 |
| Prostate | 1.03 |
| Women | |
| Endometrial | 1.59 |
| Gall bladder | 1.59 |
| Breast (postmenopausal) | 1.12 |
| Pancreas | 1.12 |
| Colon | 1.09 |
