Adult height in relation to risk of cancer in a cohort of 22,809,722 Korean adults

Abstract

Taller adult height was significantly related to an increased risk of most cancers including neoplasm in the gallbladder or biliary tract and testes, but except for oesophagus.

Keywords

MedicineGallbladderInternal medicineProstateCancerHazard ratioCancer registryCohortOncologyCorpus UteriConfidence intervalGastroenterologyCervix

MeSH Terms

AdultBody HeightFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasmsRepublic of KoreaRisk

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Year: 2019
Type: article
Volume: 120
Issue: 6
Pages: 668-674
Citations: 60
Access: Closed

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                                    Yoon Jin Choi, 
                                
                                    Dong Ho Lee, 
                                
                                    Kyungdo Han
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2019). 
                            Adult height in relation to risk of cancer in a cohort of 22,809,722 Korean adults. 
                            British Journal of Cancer
                            , 120
                            (6)
                            , 668-674.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-018-0371-8
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/s41416-018-0371-8
PMID: 30778143
PMCID: PMC6462046

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