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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2021 Apr 13;30(6):1200–1207. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-20-1610

Table 2.

Associations between anthropometric measurements and liver cancer risk among non-smoking and non-alcohol-drinking women (1997–2016)

Overall adiposity Cases Person year HRa (95%CI) HRb (95%CI) Fat distribution Cases Person year HRa (95%CI) HRb (95%CI)


BMI, Chinese classification (kg/m2) WC (cm)
 <24.00 100 654125 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference)  <85 149 966609 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference)
 <28.00 92 416807 1.15 (0.87, 1.54) 1.17 (0.88, 1.56)  ≥85 92 244630 1.63 (1.24, 2.13) 1.61 (1.22, 2.12)
 ≥28.00 49 140306 1.54 (1.09, 2.19) 1.54 (1.08, 2.20) WCc (cm)
BMI, WHO classification (kg/m2)  <71.50 38 303756 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference)
 <25.00 130 796778 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference)  <76.75 42 279482 1.03 (0.67, 1.61) 1.05 (0.68, 1.63)
 <30.00 84 357222 1.11 (0.84, 1.47) 1.11 (0.84, 1.47)  <82.75 51 301996 0.97 (0.63, 1.48) 0.98 (0.64, 1.51)
 ≥30.00 27 57238 1.95 (1.28, 2.96) 1.90 (1.24, 2.91)  ≥82.75 110 326004 1.51 (1.03, 2.23) 1.52 (1.03, 2.25)
BMIc (kg/m2) P trend 0.010 0.012
 <21.63 42 304809 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference) Per 10 cm 239 1201545 1.24 (1.06, 1.44) 1.23 (1.05, 1.43)
 <23.71 50 306401 1.08 (0.72, 1.63) 1.08 (0.72, 1.64) HIPc (cm)
 <26.03 58 303424 1.11 (0.74, 1.65) 1.12 (0.75, 1.67)  <89.75 31 232386 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference)
 ≥26.03 91 296605 1.50 (1.04, 2.18) 1.51 (1.03, 2.20)  <94.75 47 327647 0.99 (0.63, 1.56) 1.00 (0.63, 1.57)
P trend 0.018 0.019  <99.90 53 297426 1.09 (0.70, 1.70) 1.10 (0.70, 1.71)
Per 5 kg/m2 238 1200025 1.30 (1.07, 1.57) 1.29 (1.07, 1.57)  ≥99.90 110 353779 1.55 (1.03, 2.32) 1.58 (1.05, 2.38)
BMI at 20 years oldc (kg/m2) P trend 0.005 0.004
 <17.79 41 262739 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference) Per 10 cm 239 1202268 1.30 (1.10, 1.54) 1.30 (1.10, 1.55)
 <19.29 42 264937 0.95 (0.62, 1.47) 0.96 (0.63, 1.48) WHRc
 <21.09 42 263317 0.92 (0.59, 1.41) 0.93 (0.60, 1.43)  <0.77 41 311102 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference)
 ≥ 21.09 53 259690 1.14 (0.76, 1.71) 1.14 (0.75, 1.72)  <0.81 56 298384 1.25 (0.83, 1.87) 1.23 (0.82, 1.85)
P trend 0.493 0.500  <0.84 55 307526 1.04 (0.69, 1.57) 1.03 (0.69, 1.55)
Per 5 kg/m2 176 1040596 1.08 (0.79, 1.48) 1.08 (0.78, 1.47)  ≥0.84 89 294227 1.38 (0.94, 2.02) 1.32 (0.90, 1.94)
Adult weight gain (kg) P trend 0.139 0.227
 ≤5.00 50 326271 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference) Per 0.1 unit 240 1199707 1.18 (0.92, 1.52) 1.14 (0.88, 1.47)
 ≤10.00 29 250026 0.80 (0.50, 1.26) 0.85 (0.53, 1.37) WHtRc
 ≤15.00 46 238376 1.31 (0.88, 1.96) 1.44 (0.94, 2.20)  <0.45 32 307116 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference)
 ≤20.00 38 156267 1.53 (1.01, 2.34) 1.67 (1.06, 2.61)  <0.49 44 309744 1.10 (0.70, 1.74) 1.11 (0.70, 1.76)
 >20.00 35 128846 1.58 (1.03, 2.43) 1.69 (1.06, 2.69)  <0.53 66 303389 1.33 (0.86, 2.06) 1.33 (0.86, 2.05)
P trend 0.005 0.003  ≥0.53 99 290989 1.55 (1.01, 2.38) 1.53 (0.99, 2.37)
Per 5 kg 196 1089964 1.13 (1.04, 1.22) 1.15 (1.06, 1.25) P trend 0.021 0.030
Annual average weight gainc (kg/year) Per 0.1 unit 239 1200594 1.40 (1.11, 1.78) 1.37 (1.07, 1.75)
 <0.13 44 272145 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference)
 <0.32 50 274038 1.09 (0.72, 1.63) 1.19 (0.78, 1.82)
 <0.52 56 276019 1.44 (0.97, 2.14) 1.60 (1.05, 2.45)
 ≥0.52 48 277583 1.80 (1.18, 2.75) 1.99 (1.25, 3.16)
P trend 0.003 0.002
Per 0.5 kg/year 198 1088690 1.37 (1.05, 1.79) 1.44 (1.08, 1.92)
a

Adjusted for age.

b

Adjusted for age, education, income, menopausal status, age at menarche, history of chronic hepatitis, history of cholelithiasis, family history of liver cancer, total energy intake and total physical activity. Analyses of adult weight gain and annual average weight gain were further adjusted for weight at 20 years old.

c

Categorized by quartiles.