Fig. 4.

Forest plot of hazard ratios of 26 cancer types related to a linear increment in body mass index of 5 kg/m² with 99% CIs, in the overall population, and in never smokers. Notes: (1) Separate models were fitted for each cancer type and adjusted for smoking status, alcohol intake, nationality, the MEDEA deprivation index, type 2 diabetes, and had sex and age (5-year categories) in the strata statement. (2) Cancer types are ordered by descending ranking. (3) Brain and CNS include pituitary gland and pineal gland tumors. (4) Models for ovary, cervix, and corpus uteri cancers were only computed in women, for breast pre-menopausal only in pre-menopausal women, for breast post-menopausal only in post-menopausal women, and for prostate and testis only computed in men. Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; CNS, central nervous system; KG, kilograms; M, meters; WC, waist circumference