Epigenetic indicators of body mass predict survival outcomes in colorectal cancer patients: patient cohort analysis.

In the subgroup of patients ( N = 936) with substantial pre-diagnostic weight change (> 5 kg), the correlations with BMI 1–4 years prior were slightly stronger (median 0.38, 0.30–0.46), and correlations with BMI 5–14 years prior remained highly significant with only minimal attenuation (0.28, 0.19–0.29; Additional file 2 : Fig.

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