Leg length and risk of cancer in the Boyd Orr cohort.
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Height is directly associated with mortality from cancer, but the explanation for this association is unclear. Whereas adult height is a marker of nutrition and health throughout childhood, most growth before puberty is due to increases in leg length. Leg length can therefore be used as a marker for exposures that generate the association between adult height and cancer. 2 We examined the association between prepubertal leg length and mortality from cancer in the Boyd Orr cohort. 3
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عنوان ژورنال:
- BMJ
دوره 317 7169 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1998