Adult height and the risk of cause-specific death and vascular morbidity in 1 million people: individual participant meta-analysis

Wormser, David; Di Angelantonio, Emanuele; Kaptoge, Stephen; Wood, Angela; Gao, Pei; Sun, Qi; Walldius, Goeran; Selmer, Randi; Verschuren, W.; Bueno-de-Mesquita, H.; Engstrom, Gunnar; Ridker, Paul; Njolstad, Inger; Iso, Hiroyasu; Holme, Ingar; Giampaoli, Simona; Tunstall-Pedoe, Hugh; Gaziano, J.; Brunner, Eric; Kee, Frank; Tosetto, Alberto; Meisinger, Christa; Brenner, Hermann; Ducimetiere, Pierre; Whincup, Peter; Tipping, Robert; Ford, Ian; Cremer, Peter; Hofman, Albert; Wilhelmsen, Lars; Clarke, Robert; de Boer, Ian; Jukema, J.; Ibanez, Alejandro; Lawlor, Debbie; D'Agostino, Ralph; Rodriguez, Beatriz; Casiglia, Edoardo; Stehouwer, Coen; Simons, Leon; Nietert, Paul; Barrett-Connor, Elizabeth; Panagiotakos, Demosthenes; Bjorkelund, Cecilia; Strandberg, Timo; Wassertheil-Smoller, Sylvia; Blazer, Dan; Meade, Tom; Welin, Lennart; Svardsudd, Kurt; Woodward, Mark; Nissinen, Aulikki; Kromhout, Daan; Jorgensen, Torben; Tilvis, Reijo; Guralnik, Jack; Rosengren, Annika; Taylor, James; Kiechl, Stefan; Dagenais, Gilles; Fowkes, F.; Wallace, Robert; Khaw, Kay-Tee; Shaffer, Jonathan; Visser, Marjolein; Kauhanen, Jussi; Salonen, Jukka; Gallacher, John; Ben-Shlomo, Yoav; Kitamura, Akihiko; Sundstrom, Johan; Wennberg, Patrik; Kiyohara, Yutaka; Daimon, Makoto; Gomez de la Camara, Agustin; Cooper, Jackie; Onat, Altan; Devereux, Richard; Mukamal, Kenneth; Dankner, Rachel; Knuiman, Matthew; Crespo, Carlos; Gansevoort, Ron; Goldbourt, Uri; Nordestgaard, Borge; Shaw, Jonathan; Mussolino, Michael; Nakagawa, Hidaeki; Fletcher, Astrid; Kuller, Lewis; Gillum, Richard; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Assmann, Gerd; Wald, Nicholas; Jousilahti, Pekka; Greenland, Philip; Trevisan, Maurizio; Ulmer, Hanno; Butterworth, Adam; Folsom, Aaron; Davey-Smith, George; Hu, Frank; Danesh, John

doi:10.1093/ije/dys086

Adult height and the risk of cause-specific death and vascular morbidity in 1 million people: individual participant meta-analysis

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, vol.41, no.5, pp.1419-1433, 2012 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 41 Issue: 5
Publication Date: 2012
Doi Number: 10.1093/ije/dys086
Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.1419-1433
Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background The extent to which adult height, a biomarker of the interplay of genetic endowment and early-life experiences, is related to risk of chronic diseases in adulthood is uncertain.