SynthesisPLoS medicine2016
Association between Adult Height and Risk of Colorectal, Lung, and Prostate Cancer: Results from Meta-analyses of Prospective Studies and Mendelian Randomization Analyses.
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52 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Review of Mendelian randomization studies on common male-specific diseases.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Pooled it
- Risk factors for prostate cancer: An umbrella review of prospective observational studies and mendelian randomization analyses.PLoS medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Risk mapping of lung cancer: a comprehensive appraisal of published meta-analyses incorporating Mendelian randomization studies.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2023Pooled it
- Adult-Attained Height and Colorectal Cancer Risk: A Cohort Study, Systematic Review, and Meta-Analysis.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2022Pooled it
- Systematic review of Mendelian randomization studies on risk of cancer.BMC medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Causal associations of thyroid function and dysfunction with overall, breast and thyroid cancer: A two-sample Mendelian randomization study.International journal of cancer · 2020Pooled it
- Height and body fatness and colorectal cancer risk: an update of the WCRF-AICR systematic review of published prospective studies.European journal of nutrition · 2018Pooled it
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- Association Between Height and Clinical Outcome in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients Enrolled Onto a Randomized Phase 3 Clinical Trial: Data From the FIRE-3 Study.Clinical colorectal cancer · 2018Trial
- The association between adult height and the incidence of diabetes in a Japanese working population: a prospective study exploring the possible role of cohort effects.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Muscle Function and Bone Strength in Children and Adolescents with Tall Stature.Hormone research in paediatrics · 2026Article
- Genetic evidence supports primary biliary cholangitis as a risk factor for lacunar stroke.iScience · 2025Article
- A global bibliometric map of Mendelian randomization in lung cancer research: trends, themes, and emerging risks.Discover oncology · 2025Article
- Development and validation of a polygenic risk score for height in a Greek cohort: Association with blood pressure measurements.Frontiers in genetics · 2025Article
- The Causal Effect of Adult Height on Late-Life Handgrip Strength: The Singapore Chinese Health Study.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2024Article
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- Allometric versus traditional body-shape indices and risk of colorectal cancer: a Mendelian randomization analysis.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2024Article
- Tissue-specific genetic variation suggests distinct molecular pathways between body shape phenotypes and colorectal cancer.Science advances · 2024Article
- Adult Height and Risk of Colorectal Cancer: A Pooled Analysis of 10 Population-based Cohort Studies in Japan.Journal of epidemiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundObservational studies examining associations between adult height and risk of colorectal, prostate, and lung cancers have generated mixed results. We conducted meta-analyses using data from prospective cohort studies and further carried out Mendelian randomization analyses, using height-associated genetic variants identified in a genome-wide association study (GWAS), to evaluate the association of adult height with these cancers. METHODS AND
findingsA systematic review of prospective studies was conducted using the PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science databases. Using meta-analyses, results obtained from 62 studies were summarized for the association of a 10-cm increase in height with cancer risk. Mendelian randomization analyses were conducted using summary statistics obtained for 423 genetic variants identified from a recent GWAS of adult height and from a cancer genetics consortium study of multiple cancers that included 47,800 cases and 81,353 controls. For a 10-cm increase in height, the summary relative risks derived from the meta-analyses of prospective studies were 1.12 (95% CI 1.10, 1.15), 1.07 (95% CI 1.05, 1.10), and 1.06 (95% CI 1.02, 1.11) for colorectal, prostate, and lung cancers, respectively. Mendelian randomization analyses showed increased risks of colorectal (odds ratio [OR] = 1.58, 95% CI 1.14, 2.18) and lung cancer (OR = 1.10, 95% CI 1.00, 1.22) associated with each 10-cm increase in genetically predicted height. No association was observed for prostate cancer (OR = 1.03, 95% CI 0.92, 1.15). Our meta-analysis was limited to published studies. The sample size for the Mendelian randomization analysis of colorectal cancer was relatively small, thus affecting the precision of the point estimate.
conclusionsOur study provides evidence for a potential causal association of adult height with the risk of colorectal and lung cancers and suggests that certain genetic factors and biological pathways affecting adult height may also affect the risk of these cancers.
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