Open AccessAssociation between greater leg length and increased incidence of colorectal cancer: the atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) study
Author(s) -
Guillaume C. Onyeaghala,
Pamela L. Lutsey,
Ellen W. Demerath,
Aaron R. Folsom,
Corinne E. Joshu,
Elizabeth A. Platz,
Anna E. Prizment
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
ccc. cancer causes and control/ccc, cancer causes and control
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.073
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-7225
pISSN - 0957-5243
DOI - 10.1007/s10552-019-01192-0
Subject(s) - colorectal cancer , medicine , hazard ratio , anthropometry , proportional hazards model , incidence (geometry) , sitting , risk factor , cancer , demography , oncology , confidence interval , pathology , sociology , physics , optics
Previous studies have reported that taller people have an increased risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). We examined the association of two height components-leg length and sitting height-with CRC risk in 14,532 individuals aged 45-64 years in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study.