Published in Am J Epidemiol on December 15, 1999
The incidence of co-morbidities related to obesity and overweight: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Public Health (2009) 9.79
Effects of individual and combined dietary weight loss and exercise interventions in postmenopausal women on adiponectin and leptin levels. J Intern Med (2013) 2.22
Body mass index and Barrett's oesophagus in women. Gut (2009) 1.70
Perceived racism in relation to weight change in the Black Women's Health Study. Ann Epidemiol (2009) 1.41
Adiposity and cancer risk: new mechanistic insights from epidemiology. Nat Rev Cancer (2015) 1.32
Prepregnancy body size, gestational weight gain, and risk of preterm birth in African-American women. Epidemiology (2010) 1.19
Waist-hip ratio and breast cancer risk in urbanized Nigerian women. Breast Cancer Res (2002) 1.18
Body mass index and breast cancer risk according to postmenopausal estrogen-progestin use and hormone receptor status. Epidemiol Rev (2014) 1.17
Several anthropometric measurements and breast cancer risk: results of the E3N cohort study. Int J Obes (Lond) (2006) 1.13
Insulin resistance and hyperinsulinaemia in the development and progression of cancer. Clin Sci (Lond) (2009) 1.06
Body size and the risk of postmenopausal breast cancer subtypes in the California Teachers Study cohort. Cancer Causes Control (2012) 1.05
Obesity and Diabetes: The Increased Risk of Cancer and Cancer-Related Mortality. Physiol Rev (2015) 1.03
Body fat distribution and risk of premenopausal breast cancer in the Nurses' Health Study II. J Natl Cancer Inst (2010) 0.99
Role of obesity in the risk of breast cancer: lessons from anthropometry. J Oncol (2013) 0.94
Effect of dietary patterns differing in carbohydrate and fat content on blood lipid and glucose profiles based on weight-loss success of breast-cancer survivors. Breast Cancer Res (2012) 0.94
The Interactions of Obesity, Inflammation and Insulin Resistance in Breast Cancer. Cancers (Basel) (2015) 0.93
Obesity and overfeeding affecting both tumor and systemic metabolism activates the progesterone receptor to contribute to postmenopausal breast cancer. Cancer Res (2012) 0.93
Combined effects of obesity and type 2 diabetes contribute to increased breast cancer risk in premenopausal women. Cardiovasc Diabetol (2009) 0.93
Body size and breast cancer in a black population--the Barbados National Cancer Study. Cancer Causes Control (2008) 0.93
Metabolic syndrome and mammographic density: the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation. Int J Cancer (2011) 0.92
Heterogeneity of breast cancer risk within the South Asian female population in England: a population-based case-control study of first-generation migrants. Br J Cancer (2004) 0.91
Overall and central adiposity and breast cancer risk in the sister study. Cancer (2015) 0.90
High prevalence of overweight, obesity, and hypertension with increased risk to cardiovascular disorders among adults in northwest Ethiopia: a cross sectional study. BMC Cardiovasc Disord (2014) 0.90
Body size and time-to-pregnancy in black women. Hum Reprod (2013) 0.90
Overall and abdominal adiposity and premenopausal breast cancer risk among hispanic women: the breast cancer health disparities study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2014) 0.90
Body size throughout adult life influences postmenopausal breast cancer risk among hispanic women: the breast cancer health disparities study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2014) 0.87
Circulatory estrogen level protects against breast cancer in obese women. Recent Pat Anticancer Drug Discov (2013) 0.86
Body size, modifying factors, and postmenopausal breast cancer risk in a multiethnic population: the San Francisco Bay Area Breast Cancer Study. Springerplus (2013) 0.86
Effect of a low fat versus a low carbohydrate weight loss dietary intervention on biomarkers of long term survival in breast cancer patients ('CHOICE'): study protocol. BMC Cancer (2011) 0.86
Evaluating the Relationship between Body Size and Body Shape with the Risk of Breast Cancer. Oman Med J (2013) 0.84
Body fat distribution and breast cancer risk: findings from the Nigerian breast cancer study. Cancer Causes Control (2012) 0.84
Optimal cutoffs of obesity measures in relation to cancer risk in postmenopausal women in the Women's Health Initiative Study. J Womens Health (Larchmt) (2015) 0.82
Cardiometabolic factors and breast cancer risk in U.S. black women. Breast Cancer Res Treat (2012) 0.82
Triple-negative breast cancer risk in women is defined by the defect of estrogen signaling: preventive and therapeutic implications. Onco Targets Ther (2014) 0.80
Interactions of hormone replacement therapy, body weight, and bilateral oophorectomy in breast cancer risk. Clin Cancer Res (2014) 0.80
Adult weight gain and central obesity in women with and without a family history of breast cancer: a case control study. Fam Cancer (2007) 0.80
The contribution of the environment (especially diet) to breast cancer risk. Breast Cancer Res (2002) 0.79
Association of skirt size and postmenopausal breast cancer risk in older women: a cohort study within the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS). BMJ Open (2014) 0.79
Prospective cohort study of general and central obesity, weight change trajectory and risk of major cancers among Chinese women. Int J Cancer (2016) 0.78
Alleviation of Dimethylnitrosamine-Induced Liver Injury and Fibrosis by Supplementation of Anabasis articulata Extract in Rats. Indian J Clin Biochem (2013) 0.77
Elovl6 is a poor prognostic predictor in breast cancer. Oncol Lett (2016) 0.77
Adult body size and physical activity in relation to risk of breast cancer according to tumor androgen receptor status. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2015) 0.77
Risk factors associated with a breast cancer in a population of Moroccan women whose age is less than 40 years: a case control study. Pan Afr Med J (2016) 0.75
Susceptibility to Oxidative Stress is Greater in Korean Patients with Coronary Artery Disease than Healthy Subjects. J Clin Biochem Nutr (2009) 0.75
The effects of diet induced obesity on breast cancer associated pathways in mice deficient in SFRP1. Mol Cancer (2014) 0.75
Knowledge of the health consequences of obesity among overweight/obese Black and Hispanic adults. Patient Educ Couns (2014) 0.75
An association between air pollution and mortality in six U.S. cities. N Engl J Med (1993) 38.84
Reproducibility and validity of a semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire. Am J Epidemiol (1985) 26.13
Reproducibility and validity of an expanded self-administered semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire among male health professionals. Am J Epidemiol (1992) 17.17
C-reactive protein, interleukin 6, and risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus. JAMA (2001) 15.85
Particulate air pollution as a predictor of mortality in a prospective study of U.S. adults. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (1995) 15.80
Observations on recent increase in mortality from asthma. Br Med J (1968) 14.82
Diet, lifestyle, and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in women. N Engl J Med (2001) 14.48
The use of estrogens and progestins and the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women. N Engl J Med (1995) 11.08
Body weight and mortality among women. N Engl J Med (1995) 11.04
OARSI recommendations for the management of hip and knee osteoarthritis, Part II: OARSI evidence-based, expert consensus guidelines. Osteoarthritis Cartilage (2008) 10.99
Food-based validation of a dietary questionnaire: the effects of week-to-week variation in food consumption. Int J Epidemiol (1989) 10.98
Validation of questionnaire information on risk factors and disease outcomes in a prospective cohort study of women. Am J Epidemiol (1986) 10.84
Validity of self-reported waist and hip circumferences in men and women. Epidemiology (1990) 10.57
Circulating concentrations of insulin-like growth factor-I and risk of breast cancer. Lancet (1998) 10.11
Reproducibility and validity of a self-administered physical activity questionnaire. Int J Epidemiol (1994) 9.90
Reproducibility and validity of food intake measurements from a semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire. J Am Diet Assoc (1993) 9.90
Aspirin and the risk of colorectal cancer in women. N Engl J Med (1995) 9.59
Dietary fat and coronary heart disease: a comparison of approaches for adjusting for total energy intake and modeling repeated dietary measurements. Am J Epidemiol (1999) 9.34
Primary prevention of coronary heart disease in women through diet and lifestyle. N Engl J Med (2000) 9.05
Relation of meat, fat, and fiber intake to the risk of colon cancer in a prospective study among women. N Engl J Med (1990) 8.98
No hiding place: on the discomforts of researching the contemporary policy process. J Soc Policy (1990) 8.97
Postmenopausal estrogen therapy and cardiovascular disease. Ten-year follow-up from the nurses' health study. N Engl J Med (1991) 8.66
Prospective study of alcohol consumption and risk of coronary disease in men. Lancet (1991) 8.64
Annual deaths attributable to obesity in the United States. JAMA (1999) 8.62
Lack of effect of long-term supplementation with beta carotene on the incidence of malignant neoplasms and cardiovascular disease. N Engl J Med (1996) 8.57
Test of the National Death Index. Am J Epidemiol (1984) 8.46
Dietary fat intake and the risk of coronary heart disease in women. N Engl J Med (1997) 8.43
Misinterpretation and misuse of the kappa statistic. Am J Epidemiol (1987) 8.29
Evidence based policymaking. BMJ (1995) 8.08
The Nurses' Health Study: 20-year contribution to the understanding of health among women. J Womens Health (1997) 8.00
Physical activity and incidence of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in women. Lancet (1991) 7.87
A randomized trial of vitamin A and vitamin E supplementation for retinitis pigmentosa. Arch Ophthalmol (1993) 7.73
Weight gain as a risk factor for clinical diabetes mellitus in women. Ann Intern Med (1995) 7.62
OARSI recommendations for the management of hip and knee osteoarthritis: part III: Changes in evidence following systematic cumulative update of research published through January 2009. Osteoarthritis Cartilage (2010) 7.52
A meta-analysis of physical activity in the prevention of coronary heart disease. Am J Epidemiol (1990) 7.24
Obesity, fat distribution, and weight gain as risk factors for clinical diabetes in men. Diabetes Care (1994) 7.11
Folate and vitamin B6 from diet and supplements in relation to risk of coronary heart disease among women. JAMA (1998) 7.09
Impact of overweight on the risk of developing common chronic diseases during a 10-year period. Arch Intern Med (2001) 7.07
Guidelines for healthy weight. N Engl J Med (1999) 7.03
Reproducibility and validity of dietary patterns assessed with a food-frequency questionnaire. Am J Clin Nutr (1999) 7.02
Plasma organochlorine levels and the risk of breast cancer. N Engl J Med (1997) 7.02
Dietary fiber, glycemic load, and risk of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in women. JAMA (1997) 6.92