Body mass index and survival in patients with renal cell carcinoma: A clinical‐based cohort and meta‐analysis
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- 18 May 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Cancer
- Vol. 132 (3), 625-634
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.27639
Abstract
Growing evidence suggests that obesity, an established cause of renal cell cancer (RCC), may also be associated with a better prognosis. To evaluate the association between RCC survival and obesity, we analyzed a large cohort of patients with RCC and undertook a meta‐analysis of the published evidence. We collected clinical and pathologic data from 1,543 patients who underwent nephrectomy for RCC between 1994 and 2008 with complete follow‐up through 2008. Patients were grouped according to BMI (kg/m2): underweight <18.5, normal weight 18.5 to <23, overweight 23 to <25 and obese ≥25. We estimated survival using the Kaplan–Meier method and Cox proportional hazard models to examine the impact of BMI on overall survival (OS) and cancer‐specific survival (CSS) with adjustment for covariates. We performed a meta‐analysis of BMI and OS, CSS and recurrence‐free survival (RFS) from all relevant studies using a random‐effects model. The 5‐year CSS increased from 76.1% in the lowest to 92.7% in the highest BMI category. A multivariate analysis showed higher OS [hazard ratio (HR) = 0.45; 95% CI: 0.29–0.68) and CSS (HR = 0.47; 95% CI: 0.29–0.77] in obese patients than in normal weight patients. The meta‐analysis further corroborated that high BMI significantly improved OS (HR = 0.57; 95% CI: 0.43–0.76), CSS (HR = 0.59; 95% CI: 0.48–0.74) and RFS (HR = 0.49; 95% CI: 0.30–0.81). Our study shows that preoperative BMI is an independent prognostic indicator for survival among patients with RCC.Keywords
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