Height as a mediator of sex differences in cancer risk

Globally, age-standardized incidence rates for most cancers at shared sites are substantially and consistently higher in men than in women. Differences in established risk factors are unable to account for much of the sex disparity. We hypothesized that variability in height may be important in expl...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annals of oncology 2020-05, Vol.31 (5), p.634-640
Hauptverfasser:	Fu, B.C., Song, M., Li, X., Han, J., Adami, H.O., Giovannucci, E.L., Mucci, L.A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	cohort study Female Follow-Up Studies height Humans Incidence Male mediation Neoplasms - epidemiology Proportional Hazards Models Risk Factors sex Sex Characteristics Sex Factors
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