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Blood pressure and risk of cancer incidence and mortality in the Metabolic Syndrome and Cancer ProjectTanja Stocks
Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Urology and Andrology, Umea University, Umea, Sweden
Hypertension 59:802-10. 2012..12 (95% CI: 1.08-1.15) for men and 1.06 (95% CI: 1.02-1.11) for women. These results suggest a small increased cancer risk overall in men with elevated blood pressure level and a higher risk for cancer death in men and women...
Insulin resistance is inversely related to prostate cancer: a prospective study in Northern SwedenTanja Stocks
Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Urology and Andrology, Umea University Hospital, Umea, Sweden
Int J Cancer 120:2678-86. 2007..Our data suggest that androgens, which are inversely associated with insulin resistance, are important in the early prostate cancer development, whereas insulin resistance related factors may be important for tumour progression...
Components of the metabolic syndrome and colorectal cancer risk; a prospective studyT Stocks
Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Urology and Andrology, Umea University Hospital, Umea, Sweden
Int J Obes (Lond) 32:304-14. 2008..To examine the relation of well-known factors of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) as well as related circulating factors, with risk of colorectal cancer...
[Healthy life style seems to reduce the risk of cancer. New support for the hypothesis that overweight and high blood glucose increase the cancer risk]Tanja Stocks
Lakartidningen 104:3867-70. 2007
Blood glucose and risk of incident and fatal cancer in the metabolic syndrome and cancer project (me-can): analysis of six prospective cohortsTanja Stocks
Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Urology and Andrology, Umea University, Umea, Sweden
PLoS Med 6:e1000201. 2009..We examined the association between blood glucose and cancer risk in a prospective study of six European cohorts...
Blood pressure, body size and prostate cancer risk in the Swedish Construction Workers cohortTanja Stocks
Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Urology and Andrology, Umea University, Umea, Sweden
Int J Cancer 127:1660-8. 2010..Our study support a positive association between overweight and risk of fatal prostate cancer...
Body size and growth in 0- to 4-year-old children and the relation to body size in primary school ageT Stocks
Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Obes Rev 12:637-52. 2011..Results in this review were mainly based on studies from developed Western countries, but seven studies from developing countries showed similar results to those from developed countries...
Association between sleep duration and overweight: the importance of parentingE de Jong
Research Centre for the Prevention of Overweight, VU University Amsterdam Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, Zwolle, The Netherlands
Int J Obes (Lond) 36:1278-84. 2012....
Androgens and prostate cancer risk: a prospective studySara Wirén
Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Urology and Andrology, Umea University, Umea, Sweden
Prostate 67:1230-7. 2007..However, some recent studies have shown that a high level of testosterone increase the risk of non-aggressive tumors but is associated with a decreased risk of aggressive tumors...
