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    Adult height and cancer mortality in Asia: The Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration

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    Authors
    Batty, G.
    Barzi, F.
    Woodward, M.
    Jamrozik, K.
    Woo, J.
    Kim, H.
    Ueshima, H.
    Huxley, Rachel
    Date
    2009
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Batty, G. and Barzi, F. and Woodward, M. and Jamrozik, K. and Woo, J. and Kim, H. and Ueshima, H. et al. 2009. Adult height and cancer mortality in Asia: The Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration. Annals of Oncology. 21 (3): pp. 646-654.
    Source Title
    Annals of Oncology
    DOI
    10.1093/annonc/mdp363
    ISSN
    0923-7534
    School
    School of Public Health
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44149
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Background: The observation that taller people experience an increased risk of selected cancers is largely restricted to Caucasian cohorts. These associations may plausibly differ in Asian populations. For the first time, we make direct comparison in the same analyses of the associations between height and a series of malignancies in Australasian (Caucasian) and Asian populations. Methods: Analyses were based on the Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration of 506 648 study participants (408 381 Asia, 98 267 Australasia) drawn from 38 population-based cohort studies. Cox proportional hazards regression was used to estimate the relationship between height and cancer rates. Results: A total of 3 272 600 person-years of follow-up gave rise to 7497 cancer deaths (4415 in Asia; 3082 in Australasia). After multiple adjustments and left censoring, taller individuals experienced increased rates of carcinoma of the intestine (men and women); all cancers, liver, lung, breast, 'other' malignancies (all women); and cancers of the prostate and bladder (men). No consistent regional (Asia versus Australasia) or sex differences were observed. Conclusions: In the present study, taller men and women had an elevated risk of selected malignancies. These associations did not differ appreciably between Asian and Caucasian populations. © The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society for Medical Oncology.

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