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Published in: Cancer Causes & Control 7/2013

01-07-2013 | Original paper

Body mass index, body mass change, and risk of oral cavity cancer: results of a large population-based case–control study, the ICARE study

Authors: Loredana Radoï, Sophie Paget-Bailly, Diane Cyr, Alexandra Papadopoulos, Florence Guida, Chloé Tarnaud, Gwenn Menvielle, Annie Schmaus, Sylvie Cénée, Matthieu Carton, Bénédicte Lapôtre-Ledoux, Patricia Delafosse, Isabelle Stücker, Danièle Luce

Published in: Cancer Causes & Control | Issue 7/2013

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Abstract

Objective

The association between body mass index (BMI) and the risk of oral cavity cancer, suggested by the few available studies, is controversial because of weight loss preceding cancer diagnosis and possible confounding by tobacco and alcohol consumption. The aim of this study was to evaluate in France, a high-incidence country, the association between the risk of oral cavity cancer and body mass index at interview, 2 years before the interview and at age 30, as well as BMI change.

Methods

We used data from a population-based case–control study, the Investigation of occupational and environmental CAuses of REspiratory cancers study, with personal interviews and standardized questionnaires including 689 cases of oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma and 3,481 controls. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95 % confidence intervals (95 % CI) were estimated by unconditional logistic regression and were adjusted for gender, age, area of residence, education, tobacco smoking, and alcohol drinking.

Results

ORs were increased in underweight subjects at interview (OR 6.25, 95 % CI 3.74–10.45). No association with underweight 2 years before the interview and at age 30 was found. Overweight and obesity at interview, 2 years before the interview and at age 30 were associated with decreased ORs (ranging from 0.13 to 0.60). BMI gain greater than 5 % between age 30 and 2 years before the interview was inversely associated with oral cavity cancer (OR 0.42, 95 % CI 0.33–0.54). These associations were stronger in men, and in smokers and drinkers.

Conclusion

These results add further support to the existence of a reduced risk of oral cavity cancer among overweight and obese people or among people who increased their BMI in adulthood. The underlying mechanisms remain to be clarified.
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Metadata
Title
Body mass index, body mass change, and risk of oral cavity cancer: results of a large population-based case–control study, the ICARE study
Authors
Loredana Radoï
Sophie Paget-Bailly
Diane Cyr
Alexandra Papadopoulos
Florence Guida
Chloé Tarnaud
Gwenn Menvielle
Annie Schmaus
Sylvie Cénée
Matthieu Carton
Bénédicte Lapôtre-Ledoux
Patricia Delafosse
Isabelle Stücker
Danièle Luce
Publication date
01-07-2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published in
Cancer Causes & Control / Issue 7/2013
Print ISSN: 0957-5243
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7225
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-013-0223-z

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