Document
The correlation between bladder cancer and obesity, overweight, physical inactivity, and tobacco use : an ecological study in Asian countries.
Identifier
DOI: 10.5334/aogh.2566
Source
Annals of Global Health. v. 85, 1, 102
Contributors
Tabatabaee, Hamid-Reza., Author
Rahmanian, Vahid., Author
Mirahmadizadeh, Alireza., Author
Hassanipour, Soheil., Author
Country
United Kingdom.
City
London
Publisher
Ubiquity Press.
Gregorian
2019-01-01
Language
English
Subject
English abstract
Background: Bladder cancer is the ninth most common cancer in the world. Objectives: This study aimed to determine the correlation between age-standardized incidence rates of bladder cancer and some risk factors in Asian countries through an extensive ecological analysis. Methods: This ecological study evaluated the correlation between age-standardized incidence rates of bladder cancer and obesity, overweight, physical inactivity, and tobacco use in 30 Asian countries. To determine the factors that were significantly related to age-standardized incidence rate of bladder cancer, a univariate analysis was performed using simple linear regression. In the next step, variables with p-values less than 0.25 were entered into a multivariate linear regression model. Results: The incidence of bladder cancer was higher in countries with higher prevalence of overweight (r2 = 0.36, p 0.001), obesity (r2 = 0.34, p = 0.001), current daily tobacco use (r2 = 0.17, p = 0.03), and physical inactivity (r2 = 0.13, p = 0.04). The results of multiple regression analysis indicated a direct correlation between the incidence of bladder cancer and overweight (β = 0.15, p 0.001) and current daily tobacco use (β = 0.21, p = 0.001). Conclusions: There was a significant relationship between the incidence of bladder cancer and overweight and current daily tobacco use. Further epidemiological studies are needed to confirm this relationship.
ISSN
2214-9996
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Category
Journal articles