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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 7, 2013; 19(45): 8349-8356
Published online Dec 7, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i45.8349
Association of visceral obesity and early colorectal neoplasia
Eun Kyung Choe, Donghee Kim, Hwa Jung Kim, Kyu Joo Park
Eun Kyung Choe, Department of Surgery, Healthcare Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Healthcare System Gangnam Center, Seoul 135-984, South Korea
Donghee Kim, Department of Internal Medicine, Healthcare Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Healthcare System Gangnam Center, Seoul 135-984, South Korea
Hwa Jung Kim, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 138-736, South Korea
Kyu Joo Park, Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-799, South Korea
Author contributions: Kim D and Choe EK designed, and performed the research; Kim D and Kim HJ analyzed data and interpreted data; Choe EK, Kim D and Park KJ wrote the paper; all authors approved the final version
Supported by Grant from the Seoul National University Hospital Research Fund, No. 0420100610 (2010-1086)
Correspondence to: Donghee Kim, MD, PhD, Department of Internal Medicine, Healthcare Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Healthcare System Gangnam Center, 39th FL., Gangnam Finance Center 737, Yeoksam-Dong, Gangnam-Gu, Seoul 135-984, South Korea. messmd@chol.com
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Received: August 5, 2013
Revised: September 3, 2013
Accepted: September 16, 2013
Published online: December 7, 2013
Core Tip

Core tip: This study showed that visceral obesity is not a risk factor for early colorectal cancer, although it is an independent risk factor for colorectal adenoma in previous studies. Therefore, these data suggest that visceral obesity might influence the normal-adenoma sequence but not the adenoma-early carcinoma sequence.