Background Obesity has been proposed as a potential protective factor against lung cancer.
We examined the association between BMI and lung cancer risk in a pooled analysis based …

To date, the relationship between obesity and the incidence of lung cancer remains unclear
and inconclusive. Thus, we conducted a meta‐analysis of published studies to provide a …

Background Obesity is found to increase the risk of most cancer types, but reduce lung
cancer risk in many studies. However, the association between obesity and lung cancer is …

Background Although obesity has been directly linked to the development of many cancers,
many epidemiological studies have found that body mass index (BMI)—a surrogate marker …

Mounting evidence suggests that body mass index (BMI) is inversely associated with the risk
of lung cancer. However, relatively few studies have explored this association in Asian …

To evaluate the relationship between obesity, analyzed by different indicators, and lung
cancer incidence, literature search was conducted in the PubMed, Web of Science, EBSCO …

Background The association between obesity and lung cancer (LC) remains poorly
understood. However, other indices of obesity on the basis of body shape instead of body …

Several meta-analyses of observational studies have been performed to examine the
association between general obesity, as measured by body mass index (BMI), and lung …

Background The obesity–lung cancer association remains controversial. Concerns over
confounding by smoking and reverse causation persist. The influence of obesity type and …

Background The association between body mass index (BMI) and lung cancer is still
disputed because of possible residual confounding by smoking and preclinical weight loss …