Review Article
Exploring Risk Factors for Follicular Lymphoma
Table 3
Anthropomorphic factors associated with the development of follicular lymphoma.
| Exposure | Measure of effect (95% CI) | -trend | Reference |
| BMI | | | |
| BMI > 30 | RR = 1.10 (0.82–1.47) | | [32] | BMI > 30 at cohort entry (men) | HR = 1.86 (0.44–7.86) | 0.09 | [33] | Usual adult BMI > 30 | OR = 1.4 (0.8–2.5) | 0.2 | [34] | Baseline BMI > 30 | HR = 1.03 (0.67–1.60) | 0.465 | [31] |
| Weight | | | |
| Highest weight category at cohort entry | HR = 3.20 (0.74–13.84) | 0.18 | [33] | Highest weight category at age of 21 (men) | HR = 1.82 (0.39–8.37) | 0.47 | [33] | Highest category of weight | OR = 0.66 (0.31–1.41) | 0.2 | [36] | Highest category weight at age of 20 years | HR = 1.32 (0.83–2.10) | 0.182 | [31] | Highest category of baseline weight | HR = 1.14 (0.72–1.82) | 0.555 | [31] | >6 kg weight gain/10 years | HR = 1.16 (0.71–1.90) | 0.946 | [31] | Highest category of positive annual weight gain | HR = 5.34 (0.89–32.06) | 0.24 | [33] |
| Height | | | |
| Highest category at cohort entry (men) | HR = 3.89 (0.86–17.55) | 0.09 | [33] | Highest category of Height | OR = 1.28 (0.56–2.93) | 0.6 | [36] | Highest category of baseline height | HR = 1.07 (0.67–1.71) | 0.571 | [31] |
| Calorie intake | | | |
| Highest category of total cal. intake | OR = 1.69 (1.14–2.51) | 0.002 | [35] | Highest Category of total energy intake | OR = 0.82 (0.45–1.52) | 0.8 | [36] |
| Physical activity metabolic equivalents | | | |
| Highest cat. of mod phys. act. | OR = 0.79 (0.53–1.19) | 0.16 | [35] | Highest cat. of vigorous phys. Act. | OR = 0.59 (0.38–0.91) | 0.037 | [35] | Highest cat. of tot. phys. act. | OR = 0.64 (0.42–0.97) | 0.042 | [35] | Highest cat. of Nonoccupational phys. act. | OR = 0.79 (0.40–1.56) | 0.5 | [36] |
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