Sex-specific associations between body mass index, waist circumference and the risk of Barrett's oesophagus: a pooled analysis from the international BEACON consortium

Ai Kubo; Michael Blaise Cook; Nicholas J Shaheen; Thomas L Vaughan; David C Whiteman; Liam Murray; Douglas A Corley

doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2012-303753

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Sex-specific associations between body mass index, waist circumference and the risk of Barrett's oesophagus: a pooled analysis from the international BEACON consortium

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Ai Kubo Division of Research, Northern California Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michael Blaise Cook Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Maryland, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Nicholas J Shaheen Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Thomas L Vaughan Department of Epidemiology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David C Whiteman Department of Population and Cancer Studies, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Liam Murray School of Medicine, Belfast, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Douglas A Corley Division of Research, Northern California Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Ai Kubo, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612, USA; ai.kubo{at}kp.org

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Kubo A, Cook MB, Shaheen NJ, et al

Sex-specific associations between body mass index, waist circumference and the risk of Barrett's oesophagus: a pooled analysis from the international BEACON consortium

Gut 2013;62:1684-1691.

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Received September 17, 2012
Revised November 5, 2012
Accepted December 7, 2012
First published January 26, 2013.

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October 26, 2017

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