ArticleAmerican journal of epidemiology2014
A prospective study of height and body mass index in childhood, birth weight, and risk of adult glioma over 40 years of follow-up.
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- The Association Between High Birth Weight and Long-Term Outcomes-Implications for Assisted Reproductive Technologies: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Pooled it
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- Risk factors for childhood and adult primary brain tumors.Neuro-oncology · 2019Review
- Genetic and molecular epidemiology of adult diffuse glioma.Nature reviews. Neurology · 2019Review
- Height, waist circumference, body mass index, and body somatotype across the life course and risk of glioma.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2018Article
- Associations between childhood body size and seventeen adverse outcomes: analysis of 65,057 European women.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- The impact of body mass index and height on the risk for glioblastoma and other glioma subgroups: a large prospective cohort study.Neuro-oncology · 2017Article
- Incidence of CNS tumors in Appalachian children.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2017Article
- Association between height and the risk of primary brain malignancy in adults: a nationwide population-based cohort study.Neuro-oncology advancesArticle
- The Chinese Children and Families Cohort Study: The Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Ultraviolet Radiation Data Collection.Nutrition todayArticle
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Abstract
Greater attained height and greater body mass index (BMI; weight (kg)/height (m)(2)) in young adulthood have been associated with glioma risk, but few studies have investigated the association with body size at birth or during childhood, when the brain undergoes rapid cell growth and differentiation. The Copenhagen School Health Records Register includes data on 320,425 Danish schoolchildren born between 1930 and 1989, with height and weight measurements from ages 7-13 years and parentally recorded birth weights. We prospectively evaluated associations between childhood height and BMI, birth weight, and adult glioma risk. During follow-up (1968-2010), 355 men and 253 women aged ≥18 years were diagnosed with glioma. In boys, height at each age between 7 and 13 years was positively associated with glioma risk; hazard ratios per standard-deviation score at ages 7 (approximately 5.1 cm) and 13 (approximately 7.6 cm) years were 1.17 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.05, 1.30) and 1.21 (95% CI: 1.09, 1.35), respectively. No associations were observed for childhood height in girls or for BMI. Birth weight was positively associated with risk (per 0.5 kg: hazard ratio = 1.13, 95% CI: 1.04, 1.24). These results suggest that exposures associated with higher birth weight and, in boys, greater height during childhood may contribute to the etiology of adult glioma.
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