Publication Date:
2018-05-15
Description:
by Hikaru Ihira, Norie Sawada, Motoki Iwasaki, Taiki Yamaji, Atsushi Goto, Mitsuhiko Noda, Hiroyasu Iso, Shoichiro Tsugane, the JPHC Study Group Adult height is determined by both genetic characteristics and environmental factors in early life. Although previous studies have suggested that adult height is associated with risk of mortality, comprehensive associations between height and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in the Japanese population are unclear. We aimed to evaluate the associations between adult height and all-cause and cause-specific mortality among Japanese men and women in a prospective cohort study. We investigated 107,794 participants (50,755 men and 57,039 women) aged 40 to 69 years who responded to the baseline questionnaire in the Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study. Participants were classified by quartile of adult height obtained from a self-reported questionnaire in men (
Electronic ISSN:
1932-6203
Topics:
Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
