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Adult height and the risk of cause-specific death and vascular morbidity in 1 million people: individual participant meta-analysis.
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BACKGROUND: The extent to which adult height, a biomarker of the interplay of genetic endowment and early-life experiences, is related to risk of chronic diseases in adulthood is uncertain. METHODS: We calculated hazard ratios (HRs) for height, assessed in increments of 6.5 cm, using individual-participant data on 174374 deaths or major non-fatal vascular outcomes recorded among 1085949 people in 121 prospective studies. RESULTS: For people born between 1900 and 1960, mean adult height increa...
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- Journal:
- International journal of epidemiology
- Volume:
- 41
- Issue:
- 5
- Pages:
- 1419-1433
- Publication date:
- 2012-10-01
- DOI:
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1464-3685
- ISSN:
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0300-5771
- Source identifiers:
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356663
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- English
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pubs:356663
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- pubs:356663
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- 2012
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