Table 1 Relative risks and respective 95% confidence intervals, by gender, for selected diseases
Disease | Overweight | Obesity |
|---|---|---|
Colon-rectum cancer | M: 1.48 (1.23-1.79) | M: 1.95 (1.51-2.51) |
W: 1.55 (1.30-1.86) | W: 1.49 (1.21-1.82) | |
Ovary cancer | W: 1.29 (1.12-1.23) | W :1.47 (1.13-1.91) |
Endometrium cancer | W: 1.90 (1.53-2.36) | W: 3.39 (2.51-4.58) |
Diabetes II | M: 2.29 (1.98-2.64) | M: 5.36 (4.32-6.65) |
W: 3.64 (2.93-4.52) | W: 10.47 (7.31-15.0) | |
Arterial hypertension | M: 2.34 (1.85-2.98) | M :5.93 (4.39-8.0) |
W: 2.04 (1.33-3.12) | W: 3.48 (2.12-5.71) | |
Stroke | M: 1.23 (1.13-1.34) | M: 1.51 (1.33-1.72) |
W: 1.15 (1.00-1.32) | W: 1.49 (1.27-1.74) | |
Ischemic Heart Disease | M: 1.29 (1.18-1.41) | M: 1.72 (1.51-1.96) |
W: 1.14 (0.88-1.48) | W: 1.91 (1.45-2.50) | |
Congestive Heart Failure (men) | M: 1.36 (1.01-1.83) | M: 1.80 (1.27-2.56) |
W: not included | W: 1.78 (1.07-2.95) | |
Asthma | M: 1.20 (1.08-1.33) | M: 1.43 (1.14-1.79) |
W: 1.25 (1.05-1.49) | W: 1.78 (1.36-2.32) | |
Osteoarthritis (knee and hip) | M: 2.01 (1.92-2.09) | M: 2.47 (2.27-2.70) |
W: 1.80 (1.75-1.85) | W: 1.96 (1.88-2.04) | |
Pancreas cancer | M: not included | M: 2.74 (1.60-4.67) |
W: not included | W: 1.57 (1.06-2.33) | |
Kidney cancer | M: not included | M: 1.97 (1.20-3.22) |
W: not included | W: 1.99 (1.42-2.78) | |
Gallbladder cancer | M: 1.15 (1.01-1.30) | M: 1.35 (1.09-1.68) |
W: 1.15 (1.01-1.30) | W: 1.88 (1.66-2.13) | |
Post-menopausal breast cancer | W: 1.11 (1.01-1.22) | W: 1.17 (1.04-1.32) |