Height as an independent anthropomorphic risk factor for colorectal cancer

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1422-1427

  Boursi, Ben ^a,b,c,d   Haynes, Kevin ^a   Mamtani, Ronac ^a,b   Yang, Yu Xiao ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cancer; Colorectal; Height; Risk factor; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGE; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84927694186     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000000209     Document Type: Article

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