Excess Body Mass Index and Risk of Liver Cancer: A Nonlinear Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Prospective Studies

• Rui Rui,

  Affiliations Department of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and MOE Key Lab of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

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• Jiao Lou,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and MOE Key Lab of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

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• Li Zou,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and MOE Key Lab of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

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• Rong Zhong,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and MOE Key Lab of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

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• Ji Wang,

  Affiliation Department of Urology and Helen-Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Ding Xia,

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

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• Qi Wang,

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

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• Heng Li,

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

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• Jing Wu,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and MOE Key Lab of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

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• Xuzai Lu,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and MOE Key Lab of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

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• Chuanqi Li,

  Affiliation School of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

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• Li Liu,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Guangdong Key Lab of Molecular Epidemiology, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, China

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• Jiahong Xia,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

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• Hua Xu

  * E-mail: xuhuawhu@163.com

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

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