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Fig. 8

From: Associations of six adiposity-related markers with incidence and mortality from 24 cancers—findings from the UK Biobank prospective cohort study

Fig. 8

Population attributable fraction (PAF) for cancer incidence and mortality attributable to have a BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2. Data are presented in percentages. Analyses were adjusted for age, sex and ethnicity, education, deprivation, smoking, dietary intake (alcohol, fruits and vegetables, red and processed meat, and oily fish), physical activity and sedentary behaviour. Breast cancer was additionally adjusted for age at menarche, hormonal replacement, and age at first and last live birth. Normal BMI (18.5 to 24.9 kg/m2) was used as the reference group and compared with individuals with BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2)

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