A case-control study of endometrial cancer within a cohort

In a population-based prospective study it was shown that weight, height, overweight, total body size, age at first birth, parity and age at menopause are risk factors for the development of endometrial cancer. The finding that the patients had had a higher oestrogen excretion level than the controls some time before diagnosis constitutes the biochemical background for the effect of some of the above variables.