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Re: Body Mass Index and Risk of Malignant Lymphoma in Scandinavian Men and Women
Affiliations of authors: Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri." Milan, Italy (CB, CLV, EN); Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Aviano (PN), Italy (LDM, RT); Servizio di Epidemiologia, Istituto Tumori "Fondazione Pascale," Naples, Italy (MM); International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France (SF); Istituto di Statistica Medica e Biometria, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy (CLV)
Correspondence to: Dr. Cristina Bosetti, Laboratorio di Epidemiologia, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri," Via Eritrea 62, 20157 Milan, Italy (e-mail: bosetti@marionegri.it).
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Incidence and mortality from non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) have increased over the last few decades in most developed countries. Having an overweight or obesity status, which have also increased in most populations, have been identified as a possible risk factor.
Direct associations between body mass index (BMI) and NHL have been reported in the American Cancer Society Cancer Prevention Study II (1) and other cohort and case–control studies (2). The evidence is, however, still limited
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