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Table 2 Disease-specific relative risks for overweight and obese persons by gender

From: Mortality, hospital days and treatment costs of current and reduced sugar consumption in Israel

 

Overweight

Obese

Ref.

Male

Female

Male

Female

Asthma

1.20

1.25

1.43

1.78

[14]

Breast cancer

1.00

1.08

1.00

1.13

[14]

Congestive heart failure

1.31

1.27

1.79

1.78

[14]

Colorectal cancer

1.51

1.45

1.95

1.66

[14]

Coronary artery disease

1.29

1.80

1.72

3.10

[14]

Diabetes type II

2.20

3.60

6.05

11.15

[14, 15]

Endometrial cancer

na

1.53

na

3.22

[14]

Gallbladder disease

1.09

1.44

1.43

2.32

[14]

Gout

2.02

1.79

3.70

2.95

[20]

Hypertension

1.28

1.65

1.84

2.42

[14]

Kidney cancer

1.40

1.82

1.82

2.64

[14]

Non-alcoholic fatty liver

1.30

1.52

4.09

4.78

[19]

Esophageal cancer

1.13

1.15

1.21

1.20

[14]

Osteoarthritis

2.76

1.80

4.20

1.96

[14]

Ovarian cancer

na

1.18

na

1.28

[14]

Pancreatic cancer

1.28

1.24

2.29

1.60

[14]

Prostate cancer

1.14

1.00

1.05

1.00

[14]

Pulmonary embolism

1.91

1.91

3.51

3.51

[14]

Stroke

1.23

1.15

1.51

1.49

[14]