Importance of circulating leptin and adiponectin in the causal pathways between obesity and the development of colorectal cancer in Japanese men

CONCLUSIONS: Our mediation analyses suggest that the association between BMI and CRC risk may be largely mediated by a pathway involving circulating leptin and adiponectin.PMID:38644195 | DOI:10.2188/jea.JE20230148

Source: Journal of Epidemiology - April 21, 2024 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Masataka Taguri Aya Kuchiba Taiki Yamaji Norie Sawada Atsushi Goto Motoki Iwasaki Shoichiro Tsugane Source Type: research