Body Height and Lung Cancer Risk

Cochrane, A. L.; Moore, F; Nomura, Abraham M. Y.; Heilbrun, L. K.; Stemmermann, Grant N.; Wynder, E. L.; Goodman, MarcT; Deutsch, M. U.

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“…Height was not associated with the risk of lung cancer in the present study. This is consistent with previous work, in which an association between height and lung cancer was found in only 2 out of 9 studies in which the association was assessed, and only in never smokers (6,10,(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21).…”

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Anthropometry and the Risk of Lung Cancer in EPIC

Dewi¹,

Boshuizen²,

Johansson³

et al. 2016

Am. J. Epidemiol.

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The associations of body mass index (BMI) and other anthropometric measurements with lung cancer were examined in 348,108 participants in the European Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) between 1992 and 2010. The study population included 2,400 case patients with incident lung cancer, and the average length of follow-up was 11 years. Hazard ratios were calculated using Cox proportional hazard models in which we modeled smoking variables with cubic splines. Overall, there was a significant inverse association between BMI (weight (kg)/height (m)(2)) and the risk of lung cancer after adjustment for smoking and other confounders (for BMI of 30.0-34.9 versus 18.5-25.0, hazard ratio = 0.72, 95% confidence interval: 0.62, 0.84). The strength of the association declined with increasing follow-up time. Conversely, after adjustment for BMI, waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio were significantly positively associated with lung cancer risk (for the highest category of waist circumference vs. the lowest, hazard ratio = 1.25, 95% confidence interval: 1.05, 1.50). Given the decline of the inverse association between BMI and lung cancer over time, the association is likely at least partly due to weight loss resulting from preclinical lung cancer that was present at baseline. Residual confounding by smoking could also have influenced our findings.

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“…Height is another anthropometric factor that has been studied with regard to risk of lung cancer in 9 cohort studies (6,10,(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21). In most studies, no associations were found.…”

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Anthropometry and the Risk of Lung Cancer in EPIC

Dewi¹,

Boshuizen²,

Johansson³

et al. 2016

Am. J. Epidemiol.

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“…The results from other studies also showed no significant associations between height and cancers of the prostate (Albanes et al, 1988;Greenwald et al, 1974;La Vecchia et al, 1990; Whitternore et a/., Wynder et al, 1971), colon (La Vecchia et a/., 1990;Whittemore et al, 1985), lung (Albanes et al, 1988;Cochrane and Moore, 1983;Whittemore et al, 1985;Wynder and Goodman, 1983), stomach (La Vecchia et a/., 1990; Whittemore et a/., 1985) and rectum (La Vecchia et al, 1990;Whittemore et al, 1985) or between sitting height and leg length and cancers of the prostate and lung in one study (Albanes et al, 1988). In contrast, Albanes et al (1988) found in their prospective study of cancer incidence that tall stature was associated with increased risk of colorectal cancer.…”

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A prospective study of weight, body mass index and other anthropometric measurements in relation to site‐specific cancers

Chyou

Nomura

Stemmermann

1994

Intl Journal of Cancer

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The association of weight, body mass index and other anthropometric measurements with cancer was investigated in a cohort of 7,840 men, examined and interviewed from 1965-1968 in Hawaii. After 23 years of follow-up, histologically confirmed incident cases of prostate (n = 306), colon (n = 289), lung (n = 236), stomach (n = 229) and rectal (n = 108) cancer were identified. Body weight was positively associated with prostate cancer. This direct association was stronger for cases diagnosed 11 or more years after examination than for those diagnosed earlier. A similar pattern was also present for the risk of colon cancer in association with weight and body mass index. For lung cancer, increased subscapular and triceps skinfold thickness were each associated with decreased risk with adjustment for cigarette smoking, but the inverse association did not persist as the time interval from exam to cancer diagnosis lengthened. There was no significant association between anthropometric measurements and stomach or rectal cancer.

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Energy balance, body size, and cancer

Albanês¹

1990

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

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Body Height and Lung Cancer Risk

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Anthropometry and the Risk of Lung Cancer in EPIC

Anthropometry and the Risk of Lung Cancer in EPIC

A prospective study of weight, body mass index and other anthropometric measurements in relation to site‐specific cancers

Energy balance, body size, and cancer

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