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Le H, Simons CCJM, van den Brandt PA. The association between height and risk of lung cancer subtypes in men and women in the Netherlands Cohort Study. Cancer Epidemiol 2024; 92:102613. [PMID: 39024861 DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2024.102613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2024] [Revised: 06/26/2024] [Accepted: 07/04/2024] [Indexed: 07/20/2024]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Previous studies found no or weak positive associations between height and lung cancer (LC) risk, with differences between sexes. Few studies stratified the association by smoking status and LC subtype. This prospective study investigated the association between height and risks of overall LC and LC subtypes (i.e., adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, small cell carcinoma, large cell carcinoma) in Dutch men and women, with comprehensive adjustment for smoking, and stratified by smoking status. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data originate from 120,852 Dutch participants aged 55-69 in 1986 in the Netherlands Cohort Study. Self-reported height and potential confounders were collected at baseline. After 20.3 years of follow-up, 3318 LC cases (2765 men; 553 women) and 4314 subcohort members were included in the multivariable Cox regression analysis. RESULTS There were no significant associations between height and risks of overall LC and LC subtypes in men and women, except for an increased adenocarcinoma risk in taller women (HRquartile4 vs quartile1=1.62, 95% CI: 1.02-2.55, Ptrend=0.031). This positive association was borderline statistically significant in female current smokers only when stratifying on smoking status. No interaction by smoking status was shown in women for any LC risk. In men, smoking modified the association between height and risks of overall LC, large cell and squamous cell carcinoma, with the p-values for interaction of 0.037, 0.007 and 0.050, respectively. CONCLUSION Positive associations between height and LC subtypes were predominantly seen in smokers. Further studies should focus on LC subtypes and stratify the association by smoking status.
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- Huyen Le
- Department of Epidemiology, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Epidemiology, CAPHRI - School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
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Kang NY, Ko SH, Shin YI, Min JH, Yun MS, Sohn MK, Lee J, Kim DY, Oh GJ, Lee YS, Joo MC, Lee SY, Song MK, Han J, Ahn J, Kim YH, Chang WH. Association between Height and Functional Outcomes of Patients 6 Months after a Stroke: A Multicenter Prospective Observational Cohort Study. J Pers Med 2024; 14:610. [PMID: 38929831 PMCID: PMC11204573 DOI: 10.3390/jpm14060610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2024] [Revised: 05/28/2024] [Accepted: 06/04/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
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Many physical factors influence post-stroke functional outcomes. However, few studies have examined the influence of height on these outcomes. Here, data from the Korean Stroke Cohort for Functioning and Rehabilitation were used and patients' height was categorized into three groups: short (lower 25%), middle (middle 50%), and tall (upper 25%). Differences in the modified Rankin scale (mRS), functional ambulatory category (FAC), and Korean-translated version of the Modified Barthel Index (K-MBI) scores were analyzed for each group at 6 months post-stroke. A subgroup analysis was conducted based on the initial Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA) score. We analyzed functional outcomes in 5296 patients at 6 months post-stroke, adjusting for age and body mass index. The short-height group exhibited higher mRS scores (1.88 ± 0.043), lower FAC scores (3.74 ± 0.045), and lower K-MBI scores (82.83 ± 0.748) than the other height groups (p < 0.05). In the subgroup analysis, except for the very severe FMA group, the short-height group also exhibited worse outcomes in terms of mRS, FAC, and K-MBI scores (p < 0.05). Taken together, the short-height group exhibited worse outcomes related to disability, gait function, and ADLs at 6 months post-stroke.
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Grants
- 2012: 3300-3334-300- 260-00, 2013: 2013-E33017-00, 2014: 2013E-33017-01, 2015: 2013E- 33017-02, 2016: 2016-E33003-00, 2017: 2016-E33003-01, 2018: 2016- E33003-02, 2019: 2019-E3202-00, 2020: 2019-E3202-01, 2021: 2019- E3202-02, 2022: 2022-11-006, 2023: 202 Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency
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- Nae Yoon Kang
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan 50612, Republic of Korea; (N.Y.K.); (Y.-I.S.); (J.H.M.)
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan 50612, Republic of Korea; (N.Y.K.); (Y.-I.S.); (J.H.M.)
- Research Institute for Convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan 50612, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan 50612, Republic of Korea; (N.Y.K.); (Y.-I.S.); (J.H.M.)
- Research Institute for Convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan 50612, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan 50612, Republic of Korea; (N.Y.K.); (Y.-I.S.); (J.H.M.)
- Research Institute for Convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan 50612, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Biostatistics, Research Institute for Convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan 50612, Republic of Korea;
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, School of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 35015, Republic of Korea;
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea;
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- Department and Research Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea;
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan 54538, Republic of Korea;
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu 41944, Republic of Korea;
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan 54538, Republic of Korea;
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, School of Medicine, Jeju National University, Jeju 63241, Republic of Korea;
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- Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju 61469, Republic of Korea;
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- Department of Statistics, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24252, Republic of Korea;
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- Department of Health Convergence, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea;
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- Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Center for Prevention and Rehabilitation, Heart Vascular and Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, School of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul 06351, Republic of Korea;
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- Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Center for Prevention and Rehabilitation, Heart Vascular and Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, School of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul 06351, Republic of Korea;
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Manandhar Shrestha R, Mizoue T, Islam Z, Kawakatsu Y, Ito H, Wada K, Nagata C, Zha L, Kitamura T, Sakata R, Kimura T, Sugawara Y, Tsuji I, Sato R, Sawada N, Tsugane S, Lin Y, Oze I, Abe SK, Inoue M. Adult Height and Risk of Colorectal Cancer: A Pooled Analysis of 10 Population-based Cohort Studies in Japan. J Epidemiol 2024; 34:94-103. [PMID: 36843108 PMCID: PMC10751191 DOI: 10.2188/jea.je20220289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2023] [Indexed: 02/27/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND While tall stature has been linked to an increase in the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC), its association with cancer in the colorectum and its subsites remains unclear among Asians. METHODS We conducted a pooled analysis of 10 population-based cohort studies among adults in Japan. Each study estimated hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for CRC incidence associated with adult height were estimated using Cox proportional hazards regression with adjustment of the same set of covariates were then pooled to estimate summary HRs incidence using random-effect models. RESULTS We identified 9,470 CRC incidences among 390,063 participants during 5,672,930 person-years of follow-up. Men and women with tall stature had a higher risk of CRC and colon cancer. HRs for CRC, colon cancer, and distal colon cancer for the highest versus lowest height categories were 1.23 (95% CI, 1.07-1.40), 1.22 (95% CI, 1.09-1.36), and 1.27 (95% CI, 1.08-1.49), respectively, in men and 1.21 (95% CI, 1.09-1.35), 1.23 (95% CI, 1.08-1.40), and 1.35 (95% CI, 1.003-1.81), respectively, in women. The association with proximal colon cancer and rectal cancer was less evident in both sexes. CONCLUSION This pooled analysis confirms the link between tall stature and a higher risk of CRC and colon cancer (especially distal colon) among the Japanese and adds evidence to support the use of adult height to identify those at a higher risk of CRC.
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- Rachana Manandhar Shrestha
- Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer Center, Nagoya, Japan
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- Division of Descriptive Cancer Epidemiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
- Division of Cancer Information and Control, Aichi Cancer Center, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
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- Division of Environmental Medicine and Population Sciences, Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Environmental Medicine and Population Sciences, Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Public Health, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Health Informatics and Public Health, Tohoku University School of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Health Informatics and Public Health, Tohoku University School of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Division of Cohort Research, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Cohort Research, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Cohort Research, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer Center, Nagoya, Japan
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- Division of Prevention, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Cohort Research, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, Tokyo, Japan
- Division of Prevention, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, Tokyo, Japan
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Nunney L. The effect of body size and inbreeding on cancer mortality in breeds of the domestic dog: a test of the multi-stage model of carcinogenesis. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2024; 11:231356. [PMID: 38298404 PMCID: PMC10827441 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.231356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 02/02/2024]
Abstract
Cancer is a leading cause of death in domestic dogs. Deaths due to cancer vary widely among breeds, providing an opportunity for testing the multi-stage model of carcinogenesis. This model underpins evolutionary and basic studies of cancer suppression and predicts a linear increase in cancer with breed size, an expectation complicated by bigger breeds having a shorter lifespan (decreasing risk). Using three independent datasets, the weight and lifespan of breeds provided a good fit of lifetime cancer mortality to the multi-stage model, the fit suggesting many canine cancers are initiated by four driver mutations. Of 85 breeds in more than one dataset, only flat-coated retriever showed significantly elevated cancer mortality, with Scottish terrier, Bernese mountain dog and bullmastiff also showing notable risk (greater than 50% over expected). Analysis of breed clades suggested terriers experience elevated cancer mortality. There was no evidence that the lower mass-specific metabolic rate of larger breeds reduced cancer risk. Residuals indicated increased breed inbreeding shortened expected lifespan, but had no overall effect on cancer mortality. The results provide a baseline for identifying increased breed risk for specific cancers and demonstrate that, unless selection promotes increased cancer suppression, the evolution of larger longer-lived animals leads to a predictable increased cancer risk.
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- Leonard Nunney
- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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Issarapu P, Arumalla M, Elliott HR, Nongmaithem SS, Sankareswaran A, Betts M, Sajjadi S, Kessler NJ, Bayyana S, Mansuri SR, Derakhshan M, Krishnaveni GV, Shrestha S, Kumaran K, Di Gravio C, Sahariah SA, Sanderson E, Relton CL, Ward KA, Moore SE, Prentice AM, Lillycrop KA, Fall CHD, Silver MJ, Chandak GR. DNA methylation at the suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (SOCS3) gene influences height in childhood. Nat Commun 2023; 14:5200. [PMID: 37626025 PMCID: PMC10457295 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40607-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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Human height is strongly influenced by genetics but the contribution of modifiable epigenetic factors is under-explored, particularly in low and middle-income countries (LMIC). We investigate links between blood DNA methylation and child height in four LMIC cohorts (n = 1927) and identify a robust association at three CpGs in the suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (SOCS3) gene which replicates in a high-income country cohort (n = 879). SOCS3 methylation (SOCS3m)-height associations are independent of genetic effects. Mendelian randomization analysis confirms a causal effect of SOCS3m on height. In longitudinal analysis, SOCS3m explains a maximum 9.5% of height variance in mid-childhood while the variance explained by height polygenic risk score increases from birth to 21 years. Children's SOCS3m is associated with prenatal maternal folate and socio-economic status. In-vitro characterization confirms a regulatory effect of SOCS3m on gene expression. Our findings suggest epigenetic modifications may play an important role in driving child height in LMIC.
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- Prachand Issarapu
- Genomic Research on Complex Diseases (GRC-Group), CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
- MRC Unit The Gambia at The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, UK
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- Genomic Research on Complex Diseases (GRC-Group), CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Genomic Research on Complex Diseases (GRC-Group), CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- Genomic Research on Complex Diseases (GRC-Group), CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, AcSIR, Ghaziabad, India
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- MRC Unit The Gambia at The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, UK
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- Genomic Research on Complex Diseases (GRC-Group), CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, AcSIR, Ghaziabad, India
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- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Genomic Research on Complex Diseases (GRC-Group), CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, AcSIR, Ghaziabad, India
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- Genomic Research on Complex Diseases (GRC-Group), CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, AcSIR, Ghaziabad, India
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- MRC Unit The Gambia at The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, UK
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- Epidemiology Research Unit, CSI Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, Mysore, Karnataka, India
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- Genomic Research on Complex Diseases (GRC-Group), CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- Epidemiology Research Unit, CSI Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, Mysore, Karnataka, India
- MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- MRC Unit The Gambia at The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, UK
- Department of Women & Children's Health, King's College London, London, UK
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- MRC Unit The Gambia at The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, UK
- Department of Women & Children's Health, King's College London, London, UK
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- MRC Unit The Gambia at The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, UK
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- School of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
- Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- MRC Unit The Gambia at The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, UK.
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- Genomic Research on Complex Diseases (GRC-Group), CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, AcSIR, Ghaziabad, India.
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Perillo M, Punzo A, Caliceti C, Sell C, Lorenzini A. The spontaneous immortalization probability of mammalian cell culture strains, as their proliferative capacity, correlates with species body mass, not longevity. Biomed J 2023; 46:100596. [PMID: 37149260 PMCID: PMC10277518 DOI: 10.1016/j.bj.2023.100596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Revised: 04/21/2023] [Accepted: 04/29/2023] [Indexed: 05/08/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The Peto's paradox consists in the observation that individuals from long-lived and large animal species do not experience a higher cancer incidence, despite being exposed for longer time to the possibility of accumulating mutations and having more target cells exposed to the phenomenon. The existence of this paradox has been recently confirmed (Vincze et al., 2022). Concurrently, robust evidence has been published that longevity involves a convergent evolution of cellular mechanisms that prevent the accumulation of mutations (Cagan et al., 2022). It remains unclear which cellular mechanisms are critical to allow the evolution of a large body mass while keeping cancer at bay. METHODS Adding to existing data linking cellular replicative potential and species body mass (Lorenzini et al., 2005), we have grown a total of 84 skin fibroblast cell strains from 40 donors of 17 mammalian species and analyzed their Hayflick's limit, i.e., their senescent plateau, and eventual spontaneous immortalization escape. The correlation of immortalization and replicative capacity of the species with their longevity, body mass and metabolism has been assessed through phylogenetic multiple linear regression (MLR). RESULTS The immortalization probability is negatively related to species body mass. The new evaluation and additional data about replicative potential strengthen our previous observation, confirming that stable and extended proliferation is strongly correlated with the evolution of a large body mass rather than lifespan. CONCLUSION The relation between immortalization and body mass suggests a need to evolve stringent mechanisms that control genetic stability during the evolution of a large body mass.
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- Matteo Perillo
- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy.
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy
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Sedlmeier AM, Viallon V, Ferrari P, Peruchet-Noray L, Fontvieille E, Amadou A, Seyed Khoei N, Weber A, Baurecht H, Heath AK, Tsilidis K, Kaaks R, Katzke V, Inan-Eroglu E, Schulze MB, Overvad K, Bonet C, Ubago-Guisado E, Chirlaque MD, Ardanaz E, Perez-Cornago A, Pala V, Tumino R, Sacerdote C, Pasanisi F, Borch KB, Rylander C, Weiderpass E, Gunter MJ, Fervers B, Leitzmann MF, Freisling H. Body shape phenotypes of multiple anthropometric traits and cancer risk: a multi-national cohort study. Br J Cancer 2023; 128:594-605. [PMID: 36460776 PMCID: PMC9938222 DOI: 10.1038/s41416-022-02071-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2022] [Revised: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Classical anthropometric traits may fail to fully represent the relationship of weight, adiposity, and height with cancer risk. We investigated the associations of body shape phenotypes with the risk of overall and site-specific cancers. METHODS We derived four distinct body shape phenotypes from principal component (PC) analysis on height, weight, body mass index (BMI), waist (WC) and hip circumferences (HC), and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR). The study included 340,152 men and women from 9 European countries, aged mostly 35-65 years at recruitment (1990-2000) in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study. Cox proportional hazards regression was used to estimate multivariable-adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). RESULTS After a median follow-up of 15.3 years, 47,110 incident cancer cases were recorded. PC1 (overall adiposity) was positively associated with the risk of overall cancer, with a HR per 1 standard deviation (SD) increment equal to 1.07 (95% confidence interval 1.05 to 1.08). Positive associations were observed with 10 cancer types, with HRs (per 1 SD) ranging from 1.36 (1.30-1.42) for endometrial cancer to 1.08 (1.03-1.13) for rectal cancer. PC2 (tall stature with low WHR) was positively associated with the risk of overall cancer (1.03; 1.02-1.04) and five cancer types which were not associated with PC1. PC3 (tall stature with high WHR) was positively associated with the risk of overall cancer (1.04; 1.03-1.05) and 12 cancer types. PC4 (high BMI and weight with low WC and HC) was not associated with overall risk of cancer (1.00; 0.99-1.01). CONCLUSIONS In this multi-national study, distinct body shape phenotypes were positively associated with the incidence of 17 different cancers and overall cancer.
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- Anja M Sedlmeier
- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Nutrition and Metabolism Branch, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Nutrition and Metabolism Branch, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Nutrition and Metabolism Branch, Lyon, France
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Nutrition and Metabolism Branch, Lyon, France
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- Department of Prevention Cancer Environment, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France
- INSERM UMR1296 Radiation: Defense, Health, Environment, Lyon, France
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany
- Institute of Nutritional Science, University of Potsdam, Nuthetal, Germany
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- Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Unit of Nutrition and Cancer, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
- Nutrition and Cancer Group, Epidemiology, Public Health, Cancer Prevention and Palliative Care Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute - IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública (EASP), Granada, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, Granada, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiology and Public Health CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain
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- CIBER Epidemiology and Public Health CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Epidemiology, Regional Health Council, Murcia, Spain
- IMIB-Arrixaca, Murcia University, Murcia, Spain
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- CIBER Epidemiology and Public Health CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain
- Navarra Public Health Institute, IdiSNA, Pamplona, Spain
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Epidemiology and Prevention Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy
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- Hyblean Association for Epidemiological Research, AIRE - ONLUS, Ragusa, Italy
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- Unit of Cancer Epidemiology, Città della Salute e della Scienza University-Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Clinical Nutrition Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Nutrition and Metabolism Branch, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Nutrition and Metabolism Branch, Lyon, France
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- Department of Prevention Cancer Environment, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France
- INSERM UMR1296 Radiation: Defense, Health, Environment, Lyon, France
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- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Nutrition and Metabolism Branch, Lyon, France.
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Conery M, Grant SFA. Human height: a model common complex trait. Ann Hum Biol 2023; 50:258-266. [PMID: 37343163 PMCID: PMC10368389 DOI: 10.1080/03014460.2023.2215546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Revised: 04/10/2023] [Accepted: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023]
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CONTEXT Like other complex phenotypes, human height reflects a combination of environmental and genetic factors, but is notable for being exceptionally easy to measure. Height has therefore been commonly used to make observations later generalised to other phenotypes though the appropriateness of such generalisations is not always considered. OBJECTIVES We aimed to assess height's suitability as a model for other complex phenotypes and review recent advances in height genetics with regard to their implications for complex phenotypes more broadly. METHODS We conducted a comprehensive literature search in PubMed and Google Scholar for articles relevant to the genetics of height and its comparatibility to other phenotypes. RESULTS Height is broadly similar to other phenotypes apart from its high heritability and ease of measurment. Recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified over 12,000 independent signals associated with height and saturated height's common single nucleotide polymorphism based heritability of height within a subset of the genome in individuals similar to European reference populations. CONCLUSIONS Given the similarity of height to other complex traits, the saturation of GWAS's ability to discover additional height-associated variants signals potential limitations to the omnigenic model of complex-phenotype inheritance, indicating the likely future power of polygenic scores and risk scores, and highlights the increasing need for large-scale variant-to-gene mapping efforts.
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- Mitchell Conery
- Division of Human Genetics, Center for Spatial and Functional Genomics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PA, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Human Genetics, Center for Spatial and Functional Genomics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PA, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Arjani S, Saint-Maurice PF, Julián-Serrano S, Eibl G, Stolzenberg-Solomon R. Body Mass Index Trajectories Across the Adult Life Course and Pancreatic Cancer Risk. JNCI Cancer Spectr 2022; 6:6762867. [PMID: 36255251 PMCID: PMC9651977 DOI: 10.1093/jncics/pkac066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2022] [Revised: 09/09/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Body mass index (BMI) during adulthood has been associated with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), however, patterns of body size across the adult life course have not been studied extensively. We comprehensively evaluated the association between adiposity across adulthood and PDAC. METHODS We conducted a prospective analysis of 269 480 (162 735 males, 106 745 females) National Institutes of Health-AARP Diet and Health Study participants, aged 50-71 years (1995-1996) who self-reported height and weight history. Participants were followed through December 31, 2011. We examined associations between BMI (kg/m2) at ages 18, 35, 50, and 50-71 (baseline) years, their trajectories determined from latent-class trajectory modeling, and incident PDAC. Cox proportional hazard models were used to calculate multivariable adjusted hazards ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). RESULTS During up to 15.2 years of follow-up, 3092 (2020 males, 1072 females) patients with incident PDAC were identified. BMI at all 4 ages were statistically significantly associated with increased PDAC (per 5-unit increase, HR = 1.09-1.13) with higher magnitude associations in males than females at ages 35 years and older (Pinteraction < .05). Four BMI trajectories were created. Compared with normal-weight maintainers, normal-to-overweight, normal-to-obese class I, and overweight-to-obese class III trajectories had hazard ratios of 1.15 (95% CI = 1.06 to 1.25), 1.39 (95% CI = 1.25 to 1.54), and 1.48 (95% CI = 1.18 to 1.87), respectively (Pinteraction by sex = .07). CONCLUSIONS High BMI and BMI trajectories that result in overweight or obesity during adulthood were positively associated with PDAC, with stronger associations among those with early onset adiposity and those with male sex. Avoidance of excess body weight throughout the adult life course may prevent PDAC.
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- Simran Arjani
- Metabolic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA,Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Metabolic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Metabolic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA,Department of Public Health, Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Correspondence to: Rachael Stolzenberg-Solomon, RD, MPH, PhD, Metabolic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, 9609 Medical Center Drive, NCI Shady Grove, Room 6E420, Rockville, MD 20850, USA (e-mail: )
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Gremke N, Griewing S, Kalder M, Kostev K. Positive association between body height and breast cancer prevalence: a retrospective study with 135,741 women in Germany. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2022; 196:349-354. [PMID: 36085535 PMCID: PMC9581809 DOI: 10.1007/s10549-022-06730-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Accepted: 08/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Purpose The aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence of breast cancer in relation to body height and to investigate associations between body height and breast cancer in Germany. Methods This retrospective cohort study included 135,741 adult women followed in one of 161 gynecology practices in Germany between January 2019 and December 2021. The 3 year prevalence of breast cancer (ICD-10: C50) during the study period was shown in relation to body height, which was included in this study as a five-category variable for women: ≤ 160 cm, 161–165 cm, 166–170 cm, 171–175 cm, > 175 cm. The associations between height and breast cancer were analyzed using logistic regression models adjusted for age and BMI. Results The prevalence of breast cancer increased from 5.1% in women ≤ 160 cm to 6.8% in women > 175 cm in the age group 51–60, and from 9.2% in women ≤ 160 cm to 12.2% in women 171–175 cm in the age group > 60 years. The OR for breast cancer was 1.18 (95% CI 1.12–1.24) for every 10 cm increase in height. Compared to height ≤ 160 cm, the OR for height 166–170 cm was 1.26 (1.15–1.39), for 171–175 cm 1.43 (1.27–1.61), and for > 175 cm 1.49 (1.28–1.74). Conclusion The results of this study suggest that greater body height in women is significantly related to an increased breast cancer risk.
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- Niklas Gremke
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043, Marburg, Germany.
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043, Marburg, Germany
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Krieg S, Roderburg C, Krieg A, Luedde T, Loosen SH, Kostev K. The association between body height and cancer: a retrospective analysis of 784,192 outpatients in Germany. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 2022:10.1007/s00432-022-04335-0. [PMID: 36066621 DOI: 10.1007/s00432-022-04335-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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PURPOSE Cancer risk is determined by numerous factors. Recently, body height has been linked to different cancer sites in different populations. METHODS This retrospective cohort study included 784,192 adult outpatients with available body height values from 2010 to 2020 using the Disease Analyzer database (IQVIA). The outcome was the incidence of cancer diagnoses within the study period according to body height, stratified by age, sex, and cancer sites. RESULTS Overall cancer incidence rose with increasing body height in both sexes. In women, there was a rise from 10.9 (≤ 160 cm) to 13.6 (> 180 cm) and from 16.6 (≤ 160 cm) to 26.8 (> 180 cm) cases per 1000 patient years in the 51-60 and > 70 years age group, respectively. Among men, cancer incidene increased from 23.9 (≤ 165 cm) to 26.3 (176-185 cm) and from 38.9 (≤ 165 cm) to 43.4 (176-185 cm) cases per 1000 patient years in 61-70 and > 70 years age group, respectively. The hazard ratio (HR) for developing cancer was 1.11 (95% CI 1.09-1.13) for every 10 cm increase in body height among women and 1.06 (95% CI 1.04-1.08) among men. A significant association between body height and cancer incidence was found for certain cancer sites, such as malignant melanoma, in both women (HR 1.21, 95% CI 1.11-1.33) and men (HR 1.29, 95% CI 1.18-1.42). CONCLUSION In this study, we present the first data from a large cohort from Germany that provide strong evidence for a positive association between body height and the overall risk of developing various cancers.
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- Sarah Krieg
- Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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- Department of Surgery (A), Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Zhang H, Zhou Z. Fibrinogen in Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease and Lewy Body Dementia: A Mendelian Randomization Study. Front Aging Neurosci 2022; 14:847583. [PMID: 35875802 PMCID: PMC9300417 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.847583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Fibrinogen is reportedly associated with neurodegenerative diseases (NDs), but the underlying causality remains controversial. Using Mendelian randomization (MR), this study aimed to assess the causal association between fibrinogen and Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Parkinson’s disease (PD), and Lewy body dementia (LBD). Genetic variants associated with fibrinogen and γ-fibrinogen were selected and used as instrumental variables. The effect estimates of the main analysis were obtained by inverse-variance weighting (IVW), complemented by sensitivity analyses to verify model assumptions, and multivariable MR was conducted to control for potential pleiotropic effect. Two-step MR was performed to assess the causal association through mediators. The main analysis suggested no causal association between genetically predicted plasma fibrinogen and γ-fibrinogen levels and the risk of AD, PD, and LBD. The effect estimates did not change in the follow-up sensitivity analyses and MVMR. However, the two-step MR analysis provides evidence that fibrinogen may contribute to the risk of AD via CRP levels. There was an inverse effect of adult height levels on the risk of AD. Our results support the effects of fibrinogen on the risk of AD through increasing plasma CRP levels. Our study found no evidence to support the effects of genetically determined fibrinogen and γ-fibrinogen levels on the risk of PD and LBD. Additionally, our findings suggested an inverse association between genetically determined adult height levels and the risk of AD. Future studies are needed to elucidate the underlying mechanisms and their clinical applications.
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- Hanyu Zhang
- Department of General Practice, Clinical Medical College and Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Nutrition, Chengdu Women's and Children's Central Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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Ahmed M, Mäkinen VP, Mulugeta A, Shin J, Boyle T, Hyppönen E, Lee SH. Considering hormone-sensitive cancers as a single disease in the UK biobank reveals shared aetiology. Commun Biol 2022; 5:614. [PMID: 35729236 PMCID: PMC9213416 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03554-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Hormone-related cancers, including cancers of the breast, prostate, ovaries, uterine, and thyroid, globally contribute to the majority of cancer incidence. We hypothesize that hormone-sensitive cancers share common genetic risk factors that have rarely been investigated by previous genomic studies of site-specific cancers. Here, we show that considering hormone-sensitive cancers as a single disease in the UK Biobank reveals shared genetic aetiology. We observe that a significant proportion of variance in disease liability is explained by the genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), i.e., SNP-based heritability on the liability scale is estimated as 10.06% (SE 0.70%). Moreover, we find 55 genome-wide significant SNPs for the disease, using a genome-wide association study. Pair-wise analysis also estimates positive genetic correlations between some pairs of hormone-sensitive cancers although they are not statistically significant. Our finding suggests that heritable genetic factors may be a key driver in the mechanism of carcinogenesis shared by hormone-sensitive cancers.
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- Muktar Ahmed
- Australian Centre for Precision Health, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia. .,Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Jimma University Institute of Health, Jimma, Ethiopia. .,UniSA Clinical and Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia. .,South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
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- Australian Centre for Precision Health, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.,Computational Systems Biology Program, Precision Medicine Theme, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Precision Health, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.,UniSA Clinical and Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.,South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Precision Health, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.,UniSA Allied Health & Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Precision Health, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.,South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, SA, Australia.,UniSA Allied Health & Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Precision Health, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.,UniSA Clinical and Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.,South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Precision Health, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia. .,South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, SA, Australia. .,UniSA Allied Health & Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
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Zhou E, Wang L, Santiago CN, Nanavati J, Rifkin S, Spence E, Hylind LM, Gills JJ, La Luna L, Kafonek DR, Cromwell DM, Drewes JL, Sears CL, Giardiello FM, Mullin GE. Adult-Attained Height and Colorectal Cancer Risk: A Cohort Study, Systematic Review, and Meta-Analysis. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2022; 31:783-792. [PMID: 35247904 PMCID: PMC8983463 DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-21-0398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2021] [Revised: 10/09/2021] [Accepted: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The influence of anthropometric characteristics on colorectal neoplasia biology is unclear. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to determine if adult-attained height is independently associated with the risk of colorectal cancer or adenoma. METHODS We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, and Web of Science from inception to August 2020 for studies on the association between adult-attained height and colorectal cancer or adenoma. The original data from the Johns Hopkins (Baltimore, MD) Colon Biofilm study was also included. The overall HR/OR of colorectal cancer/adenoma with increased height was estimated using random-effects meta-analysis. RESULTS We included 47 observational studies involving 280,644 colorectal cancer and 14,139 colorectal adenoma cases. Thirty-three studies reported data for colorectal cancer incidence per 10-cm increase in height; 19 yielded an HR of 1.14 [95% confidence interval (CI), 1.11-1.17; P < 0.001), and 14 engendered an OR of 1.09 (95% CI, 1.05-1.13; P < 0.001). Twenty-six studies compared colorectal cancer incidence between individuals within the highest versus the lowest height percentile; 19 indicated an HR of 1.24 (95% CI, 1.19-1.30; P < 0.001), and seven resulting in an OR of 1.07 (95% CI, 0.92-1.25; P = 0.39). Four studies reported data for assessing colorectal adenoma incidence per 10-cm increase in height, showing an overall OR of 1.06 (95% CI, 1.00-1.12; P = 0.03). CONCLUSIONS Greater adult attained height is associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer and adenoma. IMPACT Height should be considered as a risk factor for colorectal cancer screening.
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- Elinor Zhou
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Baltimore, MD
- Mercy Medical Center, Institute for Digestive Health and Liver Disease, Baltimore, MD
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- Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Baltimore, MD
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- University of Michigan, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Baltimore, MD
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Green Spring Station Endoscopy Center, Lutherville, MD
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- Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Green Spring Station Endoscopy Center, Lutherville, MD
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Baltimore, MD
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Baltimore, MD
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Baltimore, MD
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Baltimore, MD
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Teras LR, Bertrand KA, Deubler EL, Chao CR, Lacey JV, Patel AV, Rosner BA, Shu Y, Wang K, Zhong C, Wang SS, Birmann BM. Body size and risk of
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lymphoma by subtype: A pooled analysis from six prospective cohorts in the United States. Br J Haematol 2022; 197:714-727. [DOI: 10.1111/bjh.18150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Revised: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 03/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Lauren R. Teras
- Department of Population Science American Cancer Society Atlanta Georgia USA
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- Department of Population Science American Cancer Society Atlanta Georgia USA
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- Department of Research and Evaluation Kaiser Permanente Southern California Pasadena California USA
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- Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope Duarte California USA
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- Department of Population Science American Cancer Society Atlanta Georgia USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School Boston Massachusetts USA
- Department of Biostatistics Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health Boston Massachusetts USA
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- Department of Research and Evaluation Kaiser Permanente Southern California Pasadena California USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School Boston Massachusetts USA
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- Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope Duarte California USA
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- Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope Duarte California USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School Boston Massachusetts USA
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Shrestha RM, Mizoue T, Sawada N, Matsuo K, Wada K, Tanaka K, Lin Y, Sugawara Y, Takimoto H, Kimura T, Ito H, Kitamura T, Sakata R, Tanaka S, Inoue M. Adult height in relation to the risk of colorectal cancer among the Japanese population: an evaluation based on systematic review and meta-analysis. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2021; 52:322-330. [PMID: 34969070 DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyab203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2021] [Accepted: 12/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The association between adult-attained height and risk of colorectal cancer remains elusive among the Japanese population. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies in Japan. METHODS We systematically searched the MEDLINE (PubMed) and Ichushi databases and complemented it with manual search to identify eligible studies. We extracted relative risks or odds ratios from the selected studies and conducted meta-analysis to estimate the summary relative risk with 95% confidence interval. We made the final judgment based on a consensus of the research group members considering both epidemiological evidence and biological plausibility. RESULTS This systematic review identified four cohort and one case-control studies among the Japanese. The meta-analysis of these five studies showed the summary relative risk of 1.21 (95% confidence interval: 1.07-1.35) of overall colorectal cancer for the highest vs. lowest categories of height. In the analysis by the cancer subsite, the association was significant for colon cancer with a summary relative risk of 1.26 (95% confidence interval: 1.10-1.45) but not for rectal cancer 1.05 (95% confidence interval: 0.71-1.54). In the analysis by sex, tall stature was associated with a significantly increased risk of overall colorectal cancer in both sexes; the summary relative risk was 1.21 (95% confidence interval: 1.04-1.41) in men and 1.20 (95% confidence interval: 1.00-1.44) in women, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The evidence to support that adult-attained height is associated with increased risk of colorectal cancer (colon cancer) among the Japanese population is 'probable'.
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- Rachana Manandhar Shrestha
- Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Epidemiology and Prevention Group, Center for Public Health Sciences, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan
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- Department of Public Health, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Health Informatics and Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, Tohoku University School of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Nutritional Epidemiology, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Osaka, Japan
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- Laboratory of Comparative Pathology, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Information and Control, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Environmental Medicine and Population Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Epidemiology and Prevention Group, Center for Public Health Sciences, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Epidemiology and Prevention Group, Center for Public Health Sciences, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
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Ahn S, Han K, Lee JE, Jeun SS, Park YM, Joo W, Yang SH. Association between height and the risk of primary brain malignancy in adults: a nationwide population-based cohort study. Neurooncol Adv 2021; 3:vdab098. [PMID: 34738083 PMCID: PMC8562729 DOI: 10.1093/noajnl/vdab098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background The association between height and the risk of developing primary brain malignancy remains unclear. We evaluated the association between height and risk of primary brain malignancy based on a nationwide population-based database of Koreans. Methods Using data from the Korean National Health Insurance System cohort, 6 833 744 people over 20 years of age that underwent regular national health examination were followed from January 2009 until the end of 2017. We documented 4771 cases of primary brain malignancy based on an ICD-10 code of C71 during the median follow-up period of 7.30 years and 49 877 983 person-years. Results When dividing the population into quartiles of height for each age group and sex, people within the highest height quartile had a significantly higher risk of brain malignancy, compared to those within the lowest height quartile (HR 1.21 CI 1.18–1.32) after adjusting for potential confounders. We also found that the risk of primary brain malignancy increased in proportion with the quartile increase in height. After analyzing subgroups based on older age (≥ 65) and sex, we found positive relationships between height and primary brain malignancy in all subgroups. Conclusions This study is the first to suggest that height is associated with an increased risk of primary brain malignancy in the East-Asian population. Further prospective and larger studies with precise designs are needed to validate our findings.
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- Stephen Ahn
- Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Soongsil University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Epidemiology, Branch, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Epidemiology, Branch, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Eunpyeong St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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Roy S, Sleiman MB, Jha P, Ingels JF, Chapman CJ, McCarty MS, Ziebarth JD, Hook M, Sun A, Zhao W, Huang J, Neuner SM, Wilmott LA, Shapaker TM, Centeno AG, Ashbrook DG, Mulligan MK, Kaczorowski CC, Makowski L, Cui Y, Read RW, Miller RA, Mozhui K, Williams EG, Sen S, Lu L, Auwerx J, Williams RW. Gene-by-environment modulation of lifespan and weight gain in the murine BXD family. Nat Metab 2021; 3:1217-1227. [PMID: 34552269 PMCID: PMC8478125 DOI: 10.1038/s42255-021-00449-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 08/06/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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How lifespan and body weight vary as a function of diet and genetic differences is not well understood. Here we quantify the impact of differences in diet on lifespan in a genetically diverse family of female mice, split into matched isogenic cohorts fed a low-fat chow diet (CD, n = 663) or a high-fat diet (HFD, n = 685). We further generate key metabolic data in a parallel cohort euthanized at four time points. HFD feeding shortens lifespan by 12%: equivalent to a decade in humans. Initial body weight and early weight gains account for longevity differences of roughly 4-6 days per gram. At 500 days, animals on a HFD typically gain four times as much weight as control, but variation in weight gain does not correlate with lifespan. Classic serum metabolites, often regarded as health biomarkers, are not necessarily strong predictors of longevity. Our data indicate that responses to a HFD are substantially modulated by gene-by-environment interactions, highlighting the importance of genetic variation in making accurate individualized dietary recommendations.
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- Suheeta Roy
- Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Memphis, TN, USA
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- Laboratory of Integrative Systems Physiology, Interfaculty Institute of Bioengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Integrative Systems Physiology, Interfaculty Institute of Bioengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Geriatrics Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Memphis, TN, USA
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- Laboratory of Integrative Systems Physiology, Interfaculty Institute of Bioengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Memphis, TN, USA.
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Lee YB, Kim HS. Height and Risk of Vitiligo: A Nationwide Cohort Study. J Clin Med 2021; 10:jcm10173958. [PMID: 34501405 PMCID: PMC8432081 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10173958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2021] [Revised: 08/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Adult height is linked to the risk of several diseases, but its association with vitiligo has not been established. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between adult height and vitiligo incidence. Korean nationwide claims data from 15,980,754 individuals (20 years of age or older) who received a health checkup during the period 2005–2008, were examined. Subjects were categorized into age- and gender-specific height quintiles. Participants were followed until vitiligo diagnosis or until the end of 2015. The Cox proportional-hazards model for cumulative risk was computed for height categories. During the follow-up period, 29,196 cases (136,020,214 person-years) of newly diagnosed vitiligo were reported. A positive association was found between height and risk of vitiligo in which the hazard ratio between the highest and lowest quintiles of height was 1.36 (95% confidence interval: 1.31–1.42). While more diverse cohort studies are needed, our findings suggest that taller stature increases the risk of vitiligo.
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- Young-Bok Lee
- Department of Dermatology, Uijeongbu St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Korea;
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- Department of Dermatology, Incheon St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Korea
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +82-32-280-5100
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Tschernichovsky R, Katz LH, Derazne E, Berliner MBZ, Simchoni M, Levine H, Keinan-Boker L, Benouaich-Amiel A, Kanner AA, Laviv Y, Honig A, Dudnik E, Siegal T, Mandel J, Twig G, Yust-Katz S. Height in adolescence as a risk factor for glioma subtypes: a nationwide retrospective cohort study of 2.2 million subjects. Neuro Oncol 2021; 23:1383-1392. [PMID: 33631004 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noab049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Gliomas manifest in a variety of histological phenotypes with varying aggressiveness. The etiology of glioma remains largely unknown. Taller stature in adulthood has been linked with glioma risk. The aim of this study was to discern whether this association can be detected in adolescence. METHODS The cohort included 2 223 168 adolescents between the ages of 16 and 19 years. Anthropometric measurements were collected at baseline. Incident cases of glioma were extracted from the Israel National Cancer Registry over a follow-up period spanning 47 635 745 person-years. Cox proportional hazard models were used to estimate the hazard ratio (HR) for glioma and glioma subtypes according to height, body mass index (BMI), and sex. RESULTS A total of 1195 patients were diagnosed with glioma during the study period. Mean (SD) age at diagnosis was 38.1 (11.7) years. Taller adolescent height (per 10-cm increase) was positively associated with the risk for glioma of any type (HR: 1.15; P = .002). The association was retained in subgroup analyses for low-grade glioma (HR: 1.17; P = .031), high-grade glioma (HR: 1.15; P = .025), oligodendroglioma (HR: 1.31; P = .015), astrocytoma (HR: 1.12; P = .049), and a category of presumed IDH-mutated glioma (HR: 1.17; P = .013). There was a trend toward a positive association between height and glioblastoma, however this had borderline statistical significance (HR: 1.15; P = .07). After stratification of the cohort by sex, height remained a risk factor for men but not for women. CONCLUSIONS The previously established association between taller stature in adulthood and glioma risk can be traced back to adolescence. The magnitude of association differs by glioma subtype.
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- Roi Tschernichovsky
- Neuro-Oncology Unit, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petah Tikva, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Neuro-Oncology Unit, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petah Tikva, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Neuro-Oncology Unit, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petah Tikva, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital - Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Israel Center for Disease Control, Israel Ministry of Health, Ramat Gan, Israel.,School of Public Health, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Neuro-Oncology Unit, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Department of Neurosurgery, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Department of Neurosurgery, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Department of Military Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Neuro-Oncology Unit, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petah Tikva, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Neuro-Oncology Unit, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Department of Military Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Institute of Endocrinology, Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer, Israel
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- Neuro-Oncology Unit, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petah Tikva, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Vithayathil M, Carter P, Kar S, Mason AM, Burgess S, Larsson SC. Body size and composition and risk of site-specific cancers in the UK Biobank and large international consortia: A mendelian randomisation study. PLoS Med 2021; 18:e1003706. [PMID: 34324486 PMCID: PMC8320991 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2020] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Evidence for the impact of body size and composition on cancer risk is limited. This mendelian randomisation (MR) study investigates evidence supporting causal relationships of body mass index (BMI), fat mass index (FMI), fat-free mass index (FFMI), and height with cancer risk. METHODS AND FINDINGS Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were used as instrumental variables for BMI (312 SNPs), FMI (577 SNPs), FFMI (577 SNPs), and height (293 SNPs). Associations of the genetic variants with 22 site-specific cancers and overall cancer were estimated in 367,561 individuals from the UK Biobank (UKBB) and with lung, breast, ovarian, uterine, and prostate cancer in large international consortia. In the UKBB, genetically predicted BMI was positively associated with overall cancer (odds ratio [OR] per 1 kg/m2 increase 1.01, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.00-1.02; p = 0.043); several digestive system cancers: stomach (OR 1.13, 95% CI 1.06-1.21; p < 0.001), esophagus (OR 1.10, 95% CI 1.03, 1.17; p = 0.003), liver (OR 1.13, 95% CI 1.03-1.25; p = 0.012), and pancreas (OR 1.06, 95% CI 1.01-1.12; p = 0.016); and lung cancer (OR 1.08, 95% CI 1.04-1.12; p < 0.001). For sex-specific cancers, genetically predicted elevated BMI was associated with an increased risk of uterine cancer (OR 1.10, 95% CI 1.05-1.15; p < 0.001) and with a lower risk of prostate cancer (OR 0.97, 95% CI 0.94-0.99; p = 0.009). When dividing cancers into digestive system versus non-digestive system, genetically predicted BMI was positively associated with digestive system cancers (OR 1.04, 95% CI 1.02-1.06; p < 0.001) but not with non-digestive system cancers (OR 1.01, 95% CI 0.99-1.02; p = 0.369). Genetically predicted FMI was positively associated with liver, pancreatic, and lung cancer and inversely associated with melanoma and prostate cancer. Genetically predicted FFMI was positively associated with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and melanoma. Genetically predicted height was associated with increased risk of overall cancer (OR per 1 standard deviation increase 1.09; 95% CI 1.05-1.12; p < 0.001) and multiple site-specific cancers. Similar results were observed in analyses using the weighted median and MR-Egger methods. Results based on consortium data confirmed the positive associations between BMI and lung and uterine cancer risk as well as the inverse association between BMI and prostate cancer, and, additionally, showed an inverse association between genetically predicted BMI and breast cancer. The main limitations are the assumption that genetic associations with cancer outcomes are mediated via the proposed risk factors and that estimates for some lower frequency cancer types are subject to low precision. CONCLUSIONS Our results show that the evidence for BMI as a causal risk factor for cancer is mixed. We find that BMI has a consistent causal role in increasing risk of digestive system cancers and a role for sex-specific cancers with inconsistent directions of effect. In contrast, increased height appears to have a consistent risk-increasing effect on overall and site-specific cancers.
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Unit of Cardiovascular and Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Lee CH, Han K, Kim DH, Kwak MS. Repeatedly elevated γ-glutamyltransferase levels are associated with an increased incidence of digestive cancers: A population-based cohort study. World J Gastroenterol 2021; 27:176-188. [PMID: 33510558 PMCID: PMC7807301 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i2.176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Revised: 12/05/2020] [Accepted: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The association between elevated γ-glutamyltransferase (GGT) at a certain point and incident cancer has been suggested; however, no study has evaluated the association between repeatedly elevated GGT and cancer incidence.
AIM To investigate the effects of repeatedly elevated GGT on the incidence of digestive cancers.
METHODS Participants who had undergone health screening from 2009 to 2012 and 4 consecutive previous examinations were enrolled. GGT points were calculated as the number of times participants met the criteria of quartile 4 of GGT in four serial measurements (0-4 points). Multivariable Cox proportional hazard regression models were applied.
RESULTS In total, 3559109 participants were included; among them, 43574 digestive cancers developed during a median of 6.8 years of follow-up. The incidence of total digestive cancers increased in a dose-response manner in men [adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) compared with those with 0 GGT points = 1.28 and 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.24-1.33 in those with 1 point; aHR = 1.40 and 95%CI = 1.35-1.46 in those with 2 points; aHR = 1.52 and 95%CI = 1.46-1.58 in those with 3 points; aHR = 1.88 and 95%CI = 1.83-1.94 in those with 4 points; P for trend < 0.001]. This trend was more prominent in men than in women and those with healthy habits (no smoking, no alcohol consumption, and a low body mass index) than in those with unhealthy habits.
CONCLUSION Repeatedly elevated GGT levels were associated with an increased risk of incident digestive cancer in a dose-responsive manner, particularly in men and those with healthy habits. Repeated GGT measurements may be a good biomarker of incident digestive cancer and could help physicians identify high-risk populations.
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- Chang-Hoon Lee
- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul 03080, South Korea
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- Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Soongsil University, Seoul 06978, South Korea
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- Department of Biostatistics, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, South Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Healthcare Research Institute, Healthcare System Gangnam Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul 06236, South Korea
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Sørensen KK, Jensen BW, Thomas PE, Madsen K, Eriksson F, Aarestrup J, Baker JL. Early life body size and its associations with adult bladder cancer. Ann Hum Biol 2020; 47:166-172. [PMID: 32429767 DOI: 10.1080/03014460.2019.1707873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Background: Adult overweight is a potential bladder cancer (BC) risk factor, but little is known about size earlier in life.Aim: To investigate if birth weight, childhood body mass index (BMI), height and growth are associated with adult BC.Subjects and methods: Anthropometric information from birth and ages 7-13 on 315,763 individuals born 1930-1989 in the Copenhagen School Health Records Register was linked to national registers. Hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were estimated by Cox regression.Results: 1145 individuals (839 men) were diagnosed with BC. Sex differences were not detected. Childhood BMI had positive associations and height had inverse associations with BC; at age 13, HR = 1.10 (95% CI: 1.02-1.18) per BMI z-score and HR = 0.94 (95% CI: 0.89-1.00) per height z-score. A pattern of above-average increases in BMI from 7 to 13 years had higher hazards of BC than average increases. Above-average growth in height was not significantly associated with BC. Compared with birth weights of 3.5 kg, low (2.5 kg) and high (4.5 kg) values were associated with increased hazards of BC; HR = 1.26 (95% CI: 1.01-1.58) and HR = 1.36 (95% CI: 1.09-1.70), respectively.Conclusions: A high BMI, a short height, excess BMI gain in childhood and low and high birth weights are associated with increased hazards of BC.
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- Kathrine K Sørensen
- Center for Clinical Research and Prevention, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, The Capital Region, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Center for Clinical Research and Prevention, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, The Capital Region, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Center for Clinical Research and Prevention, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, The Capital Region, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Renal Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.,Department of Pathology, Odense University Hospital, Region of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Section of Biostatistics, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Clinical Research and Prevention, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, The Capital Region, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Center for Clinical Research and Prevention, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, The Capital Region, Frederiksberg, Denmark.,Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Human Genomics and Metagenomics in Metabolism, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Seo MS, Park DK, Hwang IC, Shim JY, Ahn HY. Adult height is not associated with the risk of stomach cancer in a meta-analysis. J Gastrointest Oncol 2020; 11:708-714. [PMID: 32953154 DOI: 10.21037/jgo-20-199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Background Adult height has been suggested as a biomarker for a wide range of diseases. However, there are epidemiologic inconsistencies regarding the association between adult height and stomach cancer risk. Methods We retrieved PubMed, EMBASE and Cochrane library databases to identify relevant studies assessing the relationship between height and risk of stomach cancer, published from inception to June 4, 2019. We pooled effect sizes for 5-cm height increments using a random-effect model and obtained the cumulative relative risk (RR) and 95% confidence interval (CI). Additionally, we performed subgroup investigation with sensitivity analysis and tested for publication bias using the Begg rank correlation test. Results We analyzed 11 studies involving 137,451 cases. The summary of effect size (95% CI) of stomach cancer for a 5-cm-increase in adult height was 0.99 (0.95-1.02). A "leave-one-out" sensitivity analysis indicated that the heterogeneity decreased by a half and the result showed significance (RR, 0.972; 95% CI, 0.948-0.997). Subgroup analyses found no significant associations, with one exception. The exception also depended entirely on one study. We found no significant publication bias (P=0.276). Conclusions Height is not associated with increased stomach cancer risk. Epidemiologic studies of potential confounders are needed to clarify the association.
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- Min Seok Seo
- Department of Family Medicine, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Yonsei University Graduate School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Family Medicine, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Yonsei University Graduate School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Statistics, Dongguk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Parra-Soto S, Ho FK, Pell JP, Celis-Morales C. Does insulin-like growth factor moderate the association between height and risk of cancer at 24 sites? Br J Cancer 2020; 123:1697-1704. [PMID: 32921791 PMCID: PMC7686481 DOI: 10.1038/s41416-020-01059-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2020] [Revised: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background Whether the association of height with cancers differs by insulin-like growth factors has not been fully elucidated. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the sex-specific associations between height and 24 site-specific cancers and to assess whether the association differed by IGF-1. Methods In total, 414,923 participants from the UK Biobank prospective cohort study were included. The association of height (per 5-cm increment) with incidence and mortality from 24 cancer sites was investigated by using Cox proportional hazard models. Results The median follow-up was 6.0 years. In men, height was positively associated with incidence risk of all-cause cancer and at five sites (lung, lymphatic, leukaemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and melanoma). In women, it was associated with breast, melanoma, lymphatic, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and all-cause cancer. The association was stronger in women than men for all-cause cancer incidence. The strength of the association did not differ by IGF-1 concentration. Conclusions Adult height was associated with risk of several cancer sites. However, some of these associations were sex-specific. There was no strong evidence to support IGF-1 moderating the association between height and cancer.
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- Solange Parra-Soto
- Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8RZ, UK.,Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8TA, UK
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- Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8RZ, UK
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- Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8RZ, UK
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- Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8RZ, UK. .,Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8TA, UK. .,Centre of Exercise Physiology Research (CIFE), Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile. .,Laboratorio de Rendimiento Humano, Grupo de Estudio en Educación, Actividad Física y Salud (GEEAFyS), Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca, Chile.
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Castro-Oropeza R, Vazquez-Santillan K, Díaz-Gastelum C, Melendez-Zajgla J, Zampedri C, Ferat-Osorio E, Rodríguez-González A, Arriaga-Pizano L, Maldonado V. Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells promote the malignant phenotype of cervical cancer. Sci Rep 2020; 10:14205. [PMID: 32848147 PMCID: PMC7450089 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-69907-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2019] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Epidemiological studies indicate that obesity negatively affects the progression and treatment of cervical-uterine cancer. Recent evidence shows that a subpopulation of adipose-derived stem cells can alter cancer properties. In the present project, we described for the first time the impact of adipose-derived stem cells over the malignant behavior of cervical cancer cells. The transcriptome of cancer cells cultured in the presence of stem cells was analyzed using RNA-seq. Changes in gene expression were validated using digital-PCR. Bioinformatics tools were used to identify the main transduction pathways disrupted in cancer cells due to the presence of stem cells. In vitro and in vivo assays were conducted to validate cellular and molecular processes altered in cervical cancer cells owing to stem cells. Our results show that the expression of 95 RNAs was altered in cancer cells as a result of adipose-derived stem cells. Experimental assays indicate that stem cells provoke an increment in migration, invasion, angiogenesis, and tumorigenesis of cancer cells; however, no alterations were found in proliferation. Bioinformatics and experimental analyses demonstrated that the NF-kappa B signaling pathway is enriched in cancer cells due to the influence of adipose-derived stem cells. Interestingly, the tumor cells shift their epithelial to a mesenchymal morphology, which was reflected by the increased expression of specific mesenchymal markers. In addition, stem cells also promote a stemness phenotype in the cervical cancer cells. In conclusion, our results suggest that adipose-derived stem cells induce cervical cancer cells to acquire malignant features where NF-kappa B plays a key role.
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- Rosario Castro-Oropeza
- Epigenetics Laboratories, National Institute of Genomic Medicine (INMEGEN), 14610, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Epigenetics Laboratories, National Institute of Genomic Medicine (INMEGEN), 14610, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Epigenetics Laboratories, National Institute of Genomic Medicine (INMEGEN), 14610, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Functional Genomics Laboratories, National Institute of Genomic Medicine (INMEGEN), 14610, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Functional Genomics Laboratories, National Institute of Genomic Medicine (INMEGEN), 14610, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Gastrosurgery Service, UMAE, National Medical Center "Siglo XXI", Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Gastrosurgery Service, UMAE, National Medical Center "Siglo XXI", Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Medical Research Unit on Immunochemistry, National Medical Center "Siglo XXI", Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Epigenetics Laboratories, National Institute of Genomic Medicine (INMEGEN), 14610, Mexico City, Mexico.
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Jee YH, Gao C, Kim J, Park S, Jee SH, Kraft P. Validating Breast Cancer Risk Prediction Models in the Korean Cancer Prevention Study-II Biobank. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2020; 29:1271-1277. [PMID: 32245787 DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-19-1478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2019] [Revised: 01/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Risk prediction models may be useful for precision breast cancer screening. We aimed to evaluate the performance of breast cancer risk models developed in European-ancestry studies in a Korean population. METHODS We compared discrimination and calibration of three multivariable risk models in a cohort of 77,457 women from the Korean Cancer Prevention Study (KCPS)-II. The first incorporated U.S. breast cancer incidence and mortality rates, U.S. risk factor distributions, and RR estimates from European-ancestry studies. The second recalibrated the first by using Korean incidence and mortality rates and Korean risk factor distributions, while retaining the European-ancestry RR estimates. Finally, we derived a Korea-specific model incorporating the RR estimates from KCPS. RESULTS The U.S. European-ancestry breast cancer risk model was well calibrated among Korean women <50 years [expected/observed = 1.124 (0.989, 1.278)] but markedly overestimated the risk for those ≥50 years [E/O = 2.472 (2.005, 3.049)]. Recalibrating absolute risk estimates using Korean breast cancer rates and risk distributions markedly improved the calibration in women ≥50 [E/O = 1.018 (0.825, 1.255)]. The model incorporating Korean-based RRs had similar but not clearly improved performance relative to the recalibrated model. CONCLUSIONS The poor performance of the U.S. European-ancestry breast cancer risk model among older Korean women highlights the importance of tailoring absolute risk models to specific populations. Recalibrating the model using Korean incidence and mortality rates and risk factor distributions greatly improved performance. IMPACT The data will provide valuable information to plan and evaluate actions against breast cancer focused on primary prevention and early detection in Korean women.
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- Yon Ho Jee
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Breast Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Institute for Health Promotion, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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Fu BC, Song M, Li X, Han J, Adami HO, Giovannucci EL, Mucci LA. Height as a mediator of sex differences in cancer risk. Ann Oncol 2020; 31:634-640. [PMID: 32217057 DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2019] [Revised: 01/31/2020] [Accepted: 02/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND 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 explaining sex differences in cancer risk. PATIENTS AND METHODS We included 49 372 men from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (1986-2014) and 115 612 women from the Nurses' Health Study (1980-2014). Height was reported at baseline and biennial questionnaires were used to collect information on cancer risk factors. We examined the association between sex and cancer incidence at shared anatomic sites using Cox proportional hazards models and performed mediation analysis to determine the percent of the association that was accounted for by height. RESULTS Over up to 34 years of follow-up, 21 307 incident cases of cancers at shared sites (7705 men, 13 602 women) were documented. After adjusting for major cancer risk factors, men had a 39% increased risk of shared cancers overall (hazard ratio = 1.39; 95% confidence interval = 1.33-1.45) of which 35% (95% confidence interval = 24-46) was mediated by height. The excess risk of cancer for men was also partially explained by height for several specific cancers (gastrointestinal, melanoma, kidney, brain, hematologic). Mediation by height tended to be stronger among never smokers or those who adhered to a healthy lifestyle, and for cancers with fewer known environmental risk factors. CONCLUSIONS Differences in height among men and women partially mediated the association between sex and cancer incidence at several shared sites. Hence, mechanisms underlying the relationship between height and cancer may be important determinants of sex disparities in cancer incidence.
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- B C Fu
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA.
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA; Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA; Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA; Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis, USA
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Clinical Effectiveness Research Group, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA; Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA; Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA; Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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Lee J, Lee KS, Kim H, Jeong H, Choi MJ, Yoo HW, Han TH, Lee H. The relationship between metabolic syndrome and the incidence of colorectal cancer. Environ Health Prev Med 2020; 25:6. [PMID: 32075578 PMCID: PMC7031951 DOI: 10.1186/s12199-020-00845-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2019] [Accepted: 02/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES This study evaluated the incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) according to the number of metabolic syndrome (MetS) components. METHODS Using health checkup and insurance claims data of 6,365,409 subjects, the occurrence of CRC according to stage of MetS by sex was determined from the date of the health checkup in 2009 until December 31, 2018. RESULTS Cumulative incidence rates (CIR) of CRC in men and women was 3.9 and 2.8 per 1000 (p < 0.001), respectively. CIR of CRC for the normal, pre-MetS, and MetS groups in men was 2.6, 3.9, and 5.5 per 1000 (p < 0.001) and CIR in women was 2.1, 2.9, and 4.5 per 1000 (p < 0.001), respectively. Compared with the normal group, the hazard ratio (HR) of CRC for the pre-MetS group was 1.25 (95% CI 1.17-1.33) in men and 1.09 (95% CI 1.02-1.17) in women, and the HR of CRC for the MetS group was 1.54 (95% CI 1.43-1.65) in men and 1.39 (95% CI 1.26-1.53) in women after adjustment. CONCLUSIONS We found that MetS is a risk factor for CRC in this study. Therefore, the prevention and active management of MetS would contribute to the prevention of CRC.
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- JungHyun Lee
- Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Neungdongro 120, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 05029 Korea
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Neungdongro 120, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 05029 Korea
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Neungdongro 120, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 05029 Korea
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Neungdongro 120, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 05029 Korea
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Neungdongro 120, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 05029 Korea
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Neungdongro 120, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 05029 Korea
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- Health IT Center, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Nursing, College of Nursing, Konyang University, Daejeon, Korea
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Moon J, Hwang IC. The Link between Height and Cardiovascular Disease: To Be Deciphered. Cardiology 2019; 143:114-115. [PMID: 31484185 DOI: 10.1159/000502032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2019] [Accepted: 07/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Jeonggeun Moon
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Family Medicine, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea,
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A growing link-what is the role of height in cancer risk? Br J Cancer 2019; 120:575-576. [PMID: 30778142 PMCID: PMC6461981 DOI: 10.1038/s41416-018-0370-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2018] [Revised: 12/12/2018] [Accepted: 12/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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A recent study has examined adult height in relation to cancer risk in a cohort of 23 million Korean adults. Taller stature was associated with higher risk of every cancer studied, except for oesophageal cancer. This association contributes to our understanding of cancer and may help aid in cancer risk prediction.
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