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Table 1.

Association between obesity and relative risk of cancer: meta-analysis of studies from 1985–2011 (modified according to [80])

Cancer	Relative risk (95% confidence interval)
	women	men
Esophagus	2.04 (1.18–3.55)^a	1.23 (0.58–2.60)
Colon	1.19 (1.04–1.36)^a	1.57 (1.48–1.65)^a
Rectum	1.03 (0.74–1.44)	1.22 (0.91–1.64)
Pancreas	1.34 (1.22–1.46)^a	1.36 (1.07–1.73)^a
Gallbladder	1.82 (1.32–2.50)^a	1.47 (1.17–1.85)^a
Thyroid gland	1.03 (0.87–1.23)	1.12 (0.72–1.72)
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	0.91 (0.86–0.97)^a	1.09 (0.98–1.21)
Breast, postmenopausal	1.25 (1.07–1.46)^a	–
Kidney	1.72 (1.58–1.88)^a	1.57 (1.38–1.77)^a

Statistically significant p < 0.05.