Obesity – an increase in BMI of 5 kg/m2 increases the risk by relative (x%) for the following cancers:men
- Adenocarcinoma of the esophagus (+ 52%).
- Thyroid carcinoma (+ 33 %)
- Colon carcinoma (+ 24 %)
- Renal cell carcinoma (+ 24 %)
- Hepatocellular carcinoma (+ 24 %)
- Malignant melanoma (+ 17 %)
- Plasmocytoma (multiple myeloma) (+ 11 %)
- Rectal cancer (+ 9 %)
- Gallbladder carcinoma (+ 9 %)
- Leukemia (+ 8 %)
- Pancreatic cancer (+ 7 %)
- Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (+ 6 %)
- Prostate carcinoma (+ 3 %)
Women
- Endometrial cancer (+ 59%)
- Adenocarcinoma of the esophagus (+ 51 %)
- Breast carcinoma (postmenopausal; + 12 %.
- Gallbladder carcinoma (+ 59 %)
- Renal cell carcinoma (+ 34 %)
- Leukemia (+ 17 %)
- Thyroid carcinoma (+ 14 %)
- Pancreatic cancer (+ 12 %
- Plasmocytoma (multiple myeloma) (+ 11 %)
- Colon carcinoma (+ 9 % )
- Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (+ 7%).
As in men, there was a negative association for bronchial carcinoma (- 20%) and squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus (- 43%). This also existed for premenopausal breast carcinoma (- 8%).