1998
Body Mass Index and Risk of Adenocarcinomas of the Esophagus and Gastric Cardia
Chow W, Blot W, Vaughan T, Risch H, Gammon M, Stanford J, Dubrow R, Schoenberg J, Mayne S, Farrow D, Ahsan H, West A, Rotterdam H, Niwa S, Fraumeni J. Body Mass Index and Risk of Adenocarcinomas of the Esophagus and Gastric Cardia. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 1998, 90: 150-155. PMID: 9450576, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/90.2.150.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexEsophageal squamous cell carcinomaNoncardia gastric adenocarcinomaSquamous cell carcinomaGastric cardia adenocarcinomaAdult body mass indexOdds ratioCell carcinomaGastric adenocarcinomaCardia adenocarcinomaGastric cardiaCase patientsMass indexEsophageal adenocarcinomaPopulation-based case-control studyAge groupsRisk of adenocarcinomaAdenocarcinoma of esophagusAnthropometric risk factorsPrevalence of obesityHealthy control subjectsCase-control studyYounger age groupsMagnitude of associationUnited States population
1997
Severe Obesity as an Explanatory Factor for the Black/White Difference in Stage at Diagnosis of Breast Cancer
Jones B, Kasl S, Curnen M, Owens P, Dubrow R. Severe Obesity as an Explanatory Factor for the Black/White Difference in Stage at Diagnosis of Breast Cancer. American Journal Of Epidemiology 1997, 146: 394-404. PMID: 9290499, DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009292.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere obesityBreast cancerWhite womenRacial differencesBlack womenTNM stage IIPrevalence of obesityLogistic regression modelsObserved racial differencesBlack/White DifferencesRetrospective studyOdds ratioHigh prevalenceObesityStage IICancerDiagnosisWomenWhite differencesPrevalenceRegression modelsDifferencesLater stagesDiseaseImportant role