Table 3.
Malignancy in different organ systems as a cause of death in obese and nonobese individuals.
Malignancy | Obese (86) | Nonobese (187) | P value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hematologic* | 36 | 41.9% | 76 | 40.6% | 0.849 |
Carcinoma† | |||||
Pancreas | 9 | 10.5% | 21 | 11.2% | 0.851 |
Lung | 7 | 8.1% | 25 | 13.4% | 0.212 |
Colon | 0 | 0% | 8 | 4.3% | 0.052 |
Liver | 7 | 8.1% | 7 | 3.7% | 0.126 |
Breast | 5 | 5.8% | 5 | 2.7% | 0.199 |
Biliary | 4 | 4.7% | 6 | 3.2% | 0.555 |
Kidney | 1 | 1% | 5 | 2.7% | 0.429 |
*Includes lymphomas of different organ systems.
†Includes the organs that were most commonly involved by carcinoma and is not an exhaustive list of all tumors identified.