Obesidad y cáncer en Chile: estimación de las fracciones atribuibles poblacionales / Obesity and cancer in Chile: Estimation of population attributable fractions
Rev. méd. Chile
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141(8): 987-994, ago. 2013. ilus, graf, tab
Artigo
em Espanhol
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Obesity is a risk factor for the development of certain types of cancer.Aim:
To estimate the proportion of cancers potentially attributable to obesity in men and women in Chile based on the calculation of population attributable fractions (PAF %). Material andMethods:
Cancer sites studied were those where obesity is a known risk factor based on the updated World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) analysis. Namely, colorectal, endometrium, esophagus, breast, pancreas, kidney and gallbladder cancers were analyzed. Overall and specific PAFs% were calculated for cancer sites and sex from known estimates of relative risk and national prevalence of overweight and obesity.Results:
The overall estimates of cancer PAF% for obesity were approximately 20%, without differences between men and women. Highest cancer PAFs% were for endometrial (47%) in women, and esophageal (35%) and pancreatic (31%) in men. The largest sex differences in PAFs% were for gallbladder (higher in women) and colorectal (higher in men). Results are closer to those reported from developed countries (USA and United Kingdom) than those from developing countries (Brasil, China).Conclusions:
In Chile about 20% of all cancers could be prevented by obesity prevention and control strategies.
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Assunto principal:
Neoplasias
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Obesidade
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
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Estudo de prevalência
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
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Chile
Idioma:
Espanhol
Revista:
Rev. méd. Chile
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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Documento de projeto
País de afiliação:
Chile
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Universidad de Chile/CL
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