| Application: | 8294, Identifying environmental and genetic risk factors for endometrial cancer subtypes |
| Title: | Body size, body composition and endometrial cancer risk among postmenopausal women in UK Biobank |
| Size: | 438181 B |
| Archived: | 2 Dec 2020 |
| Stability: | Complete |
| Personal: | No individual-level data |
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Previous studies on the association of adiposity with endometrial cancer risk have mostly used body mass index (BMI) as the main exposure of interest. Whether more precise measures of body fat, such as body fat percentage and fat mass estimated by bioimpedance analyses, are better indicators of risk than BMI is unknown. The role of central adiposity and fat-free mass in endometrial cancer development remains unclear. We used Cox regression models to estimate hazard ratios (HR) and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the associations of various measures of body size/composition with the risk of endometrial cancer among 135,110 postmenopausal women enrolled in UK Biobank. During a mean follow up of 6.8 years, 706 endometrial cancers were diagnosed, with a mean age at diagnosis of 65.5 years. The HRs (95% CIs) for endometrial cancer per 1 SD increase in BMI, body fat percentage and fat mass were broadly comparable, being 1.71 (1.61-1.82), 1.92 (1.75-2.11) and 1.73 (1.63-1.85), respectively. There was an indication of positive association between central adiposity, as reflected by waist circumference (HRper 1-SD increase =1.08, 95% CI: 1.00-1.17) and waist to hip ratio (HRper 1-SD increase =1.13, 95% CI: 1.01-1.26), and endometrial cancer risk after accounting for BMI. Fat-free mass was not an independent predictor of risk in this cohort. These findings suggest that body fat percentage and fat mass are not better indicators of endometrial cancer risk than BMI. Further studies are needed to establish whether central adiposity contributes to risk beyond overall adiposity.Application 8294
Identifying environmental and genetic risk factors for endometrial cancer subtypes
The aims of this proposal are to examine: (a) the association of risk factors such as obesity, reproductive and lifestyle factors (diet, physical activity, smoking, exogenous hormone use, etc.) and other medical conditions (e.g., diabetes, polycystic ovary syndrome) with risk of incident endometrial cancer; (b) the extent to which these associations are influenced by circulating levels of sex hormones, IGF-I and other biomarkers (eg CRP); (c) the association of candidate genes with both established risk factors and incident disease; (d) the extent to which these associations differ by histological sub-type. This study aims to increase our understanding of the extent to which lifestyle and certain genetic factors influence the risk of endometrial cancer and whether these associations are mediated by hormonal factors. This work will help us to understand better the causes of endometrial cancer in women and may inform the future design of effective public health policies aimed at endometrial cancer prevention. The aims of this proposal are to examine: (a) the association of risk factors such as obesity, reproductive and lifestyle factors (diet, physical activity, smoking, exogenous hormone use, etc.) and other medical conditions (e.g., diabetes, polycystic ovary syndrome) with risk of incident endometrial cancer; (b) the extent to which these associations are influenced by circulating levels of sex hormones, IGF-I and other biomarkers (such as CRP); (c) the association of genetic factors with both established risk factors and with incident disease; (d) the extent to which these associations differ by histological sub-type. We would like to request data on all women in the cohort (approx. 273,000).
| Lead investigator: | Dr Naomi Allen |
| Lead institution: | University of Oxford |
1 Publication
| Pub ID | Title | Author(s) | Year | Journal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2909 | Body size, body composition and endometrial cancer risk among postmenopausal women in UK Biobank | Wemimo Omiyale (+2) | 2020 | International Journal of Cancer |
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