The association between adult attained height and sitting height with mortality in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)

Adult height and sitting height may reflect genetic and environmental factors, including early life nutrition, physical and social environments. Previous studies have reported divergent associations for height and chronic disease mortality, with positive associations observed for cancer mortality bu...

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Autores principales: Sawada, Norie, Wark, Petra A., Merritt, Melissa A., Tsugane, Shoichiro, Ward, Heather A., Rinaldi, Sabina, Weiderpass, Elisabete, Dartois, Laureen, His, Mathilde, Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine, Turzanski-Fortner, Renée, Kaaks, Rudolf, Overvad, Kim, Redondo, María-Luisa, Travier, Noemie, Molina-Portillo, Elena, Dorronsoro, Miren, Cirera, Lluis, Ardanaz, Eva, Perez-Cornago, Aurora, Trichopoulou, Antonia, Lagiou, Pagona, Valanou, Elissavet, Masala, Giovanna, Pala, Valeria, HM Peeters, Petra, T. van der Schouw, Yvonne, Melander, Olle, Manjer, Jonas, da Silva, Marisa, Skeie, Guri, Tjønneland, Anne, Olsen, Anja, J. Gunter, Marc, Riboli, Elio, J. Cross, Amanda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5336260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28257491
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173117
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Sumario:Adult height and sitting height may reflect genetic and environmental factors, including early life nutrition, physical and social environments. Previous studies have reported divergent associations for height and chronic disease mortality, with positive associations observed for cancer mortality but inverse associations for circulatory disease mortality. Sitting height might be more strongly associated with insulin resistance; however, data on sitting height and mortality is sparse. Using the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study, a prospective cohort of 409,748 individuals, we examined adult height and sitting height in relation to all-cause and cause-specific mortality. Height was measured in the majority of participants; sitting height was measured in ~253,000 participants. During an average of 12.5 years of follow-up, 29,810 deaths (11,931 from cancer and 7,346 from circulatory disease) were identified. Hazard ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) for death were calculated using multivariable Cox regression within quintiles of height. Height was positively associated with cancer mortality (men: HR(Q5 vs. Q1) = 1.11, 95%CI = 1.00–1.24; women: HR(Q5 vs. Q1) = 1.17, 95%CI = 1.07–1.28). In contrast, height was inversely associated with circulatory disease mortality (men: HR(Q5 vs. Q1) = 0.63, 95%CI = 0.56–0.71; women: HR(Q5 vs. Q1) = 0.81, 95%CI = 0.70–0.93). Although sitting height was not associated with cancer mortality, it was inversely associated with circulatory disease (men: HR(Q5 vs. Q1) = 0.64, 95%CI = 0.55–0.75; women: HR(Q5 vs. Q1) = 0.60, 95%CI = 0.49–0.74) and respiratory disease mortality (men: HR(Q5 vs. Q1) = 0.45, 95%CI = 0.28–0.71; women: HR(Q5 vs. Q1) = 0.60, 95%CI = 0.40–0.89). We observed opposing effects of height on cancer and circulatory disease mortality. Sitting height was inversely associated with circulatory disease and respiratory disease mortality.

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