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Association of body mass index and height with risk of prostate cancer among middle-aged Japanese men.

Kurahashi N, Iwasaki M, Sasazuki S, Otani T, Inoue M, Tsugane S

Epidemiology and Prevention Division, Research Center for Cancer Prevention and Screening, National Cancer Center, 5-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan.

In a population-based prospective study of 49 850 Japanese men, body mass index and height were not significantly associated with risk of prostate cancer (311 cases), although small positive effects could not be ruled out in advanced cases (91 cases).

Published 8 March 2006 in Br J Cancer, 94(5): 740-2.
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