Obesity and epithelial ovarian cancer survival: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Authors
- Bae, Hyo Sook; Kim, Hyun Jung; Hong, Jin Hwa; Lee, Jae Kwan; Lee, Nak Woo; Song, Jae Yun
- Issue Date
- 22-4월-2014
- Publisher
- BMC
- Keywords
- Ovarian Neoplasms; Obesity; Body mass index; Survival
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF OVARIAN RESEARCH, v.7
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF OVARIAN RESEARCH
- Volume
- 7
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/98742
- DOI
- 10.1186/1757-2215-7-41
- ISSN
- 1757-2215
- Abstract
- Background: Studies on the association between obesity and ovarian cancer survival have had conflicting results. We reviewed and quantitatively summarized the existing evidence, exploring potentially important sources of variability, such as the timing of body mass index (BMI) assessment, BMI cut points, references used in multivariate analysis, and ovarian cancer stage. Methods: Eligible studies were searched using MEDLINE (PubMed), EMBASE, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, relevant bibliographies were manually reviewed for additional studies. Adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) from individual studies were pooled using a random effects model. Results: 17 cohort studies of 929 screened articles were included in the final analysis. Obesity in early adulthood and obesity 5 years before ovarian cancer diagnosis were associated with poor patient survival (early adulthood: pooled HR 1.67; 95% Cl 1.29-2.16; 5 years prediagnosis: pooled HR 1.35; 95% Cl 1.03-1.76). However, the results for obesity at diagnosis depended on whether BMI was analyzed as a categorical or continuous variable. Analysis of obesity with BMI as a categorical variable did not affect ovarian cancer prognosis (pooled HR 1.07; 95% Cl 0.95-1.21); obesity with BMI as a continuous variable showed slightly poorer survival with each incremental increase in BMI (pooled HR 1.02; 95% Cl 1.01-1.04). Conclusions: Obesity 5 years before ovarian cancer diagnosis and obesity at a young age were associated with poor prognosis. The association between obesity at diagnosis and survival of ovarian cancer patients still remains equivocal. BMI at diagnosis cannot be a prognostic factor for the survival of ovarian cancer patients. Further well-designed studies are needed to elucidate the variety effect of obesity on the survival of ovarian cancer patients.
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