Race moderates the relationship between obesity and colorectal cancer screening in women

Objective To determine if the relationship between obesity and usage of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening in women varies when stratifying by race. Methods Using nationally representative data from the 2005 National Health Interview Survey, we examined the relationship between obesity and CRC screen...

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Published in:	Cancer causes & control Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 373 - 385
Main Authors:	Leone, Lucia A, Campbell, Marci K, Satia, Jessie A, Bowling, J. Michael, Pignone, Michael P
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands 01-03-2010 Springer Springer Netherlands Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	African Americans Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Black or African American - statistics & numerical data Body Mass Index Cancer Research Cancer screening Colonoscopy Colonoscopy - statistics & numerical data Colorectal cancer Colorectal Neoplasms - diagnosis Colorectal Neoplasms - epidemiology Comorbidity Confidence Intervals Epidemiology Female Hematology Humans Mass Screening - statistics & numerical data Middle Aged Obesity Obesity - epidemiology Occult blood testing Odds Ratio Oncology Original Paper Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data Public Health Recommendations Screening tests Sigmoidoscopy - statistics & numerical data Socioeconomic Factors United States - epidemiology White people White People - statistics & numerical data Women's Health United States Africa Obesity Early detection of cancer Women’s health Colorectal neoplasms Minority health
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