2015
Weight Gain After Breast Cancer Diagnosis and All-Cause Mortality: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Playdon MC, Bracken MB, Sanft TB, Ligibel JA, Harrigan M, Irwin ML. Weight Gain After Breast Cancer Diagnosis and All-Cause Mortality: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2015, 107: djv275. PMID: 26424778, PMCID: PMC4715249, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djv275.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexBreast cancer-specific mortalityCancer-specific mortalityCause mortalityWeight gainBreast cancer diagnosisBreast cancerStage I-IIIC breast cancerSystematic reviewPrediagnosis body mass indexWomen age 18 yearsPostdiagnosis weight gainCancer diagnosisCause mortality ratesBreast cancer mortalityAge 18 yearsWeb of ScienceCohort studyRecurrence outcomesMass indexCancer mortalityClinical trialsHigh riskMortality rateBody weight
2011
Birthweight and mortality in adulthood: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Risnes KR, Vatten LJ, Baker JL, Jameson K, Sovio U, Kajantie E, Osler M, Morley R, Jokela M, Painter RC, Sundh V, Jacobsen GW, Eriksson JG, Sørensen TI, Bracken MB. Birthweight and mortality in adulthood: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal Of Epidemiology 2011, 40: 647-661. PMID: 21324938, DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq267.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHazard ratioCardiovascular diseaseBirth sizeCardiovascular mortalityHigher birthweightInverse associationObservational studyLong-term mortalityGeneric inverse varianceRisk of obesityStrong inverse associationSmall birth sizeLarge birth sizeLong-term healthCause mortalityCancer mortalityCancer deathEpidemiology guidelinesResidual confoundingLower riskBirthweightMeta-AnalysisSystematic reviewMortalityInverse variance