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| Title |
Multiple Myeloma Mortality in Relation to Obesity Among African Americans.
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| Published in |
JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, May 2016
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| DOI | 10.1093/jnci/djw120 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jennifer S Sonderman, Traci N Bethea, Cari M Kitahara, Alpa V Patel, Chinonye Harvey, Synnøve F Knutsen, Yikyung Park, Song-Yi Park, Gary E Fraser, Lauren R Teras, Mark P Purdue, Rachael Z Stolzenberg-Solomon, Elizabeth M Gillanders, Julie R Palmer, Laurence N Kolonel, William J Blot |
| Abstract |
Multiple myeloma (MM) incidence and mortality are higher among African Americans (AAs) than among other population groups. The prevalence of obesity is also elevated among AAs, but few studies have examined risk of this cancer in relation to body size among AAs. We combined data from seven prospective cohorts tracking mortality among 239 597 AA adults and used Cox proportional hazards regression to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for death because of MM according to body mass index (BMI) at cohort entry, adjusted for age (as time-scale) and sex. Relative to those with normal BMIs (18.5-25 kg/m(2)), mortality increased monotonically as BMI increased, with hazard ratios reaching 1.43 (95% CI = 1.03 to 1.97) for BMIs of 35 kg/m(2) or greater. The findings suggest that obesity is a risk factor for MM and a contributor to the elevated rates and rising incidence trends of MM among AAs in the United States. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 17% |
| Unknown | 10 | 83% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 42% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 25% |
| Scientists | 2 | 17% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 17% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 29 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 28 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 6 | 21% |
| Other | 4 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 7% |
| Other | 4 | 14% |
| Unknown | 6 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 34% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 14% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 10% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 3 | 10% |
| Unknown | 6 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 15. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 July 2017.
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