Height and Prostate Cancer Risk

17 Sep 2008Luisa Zuccolo, Ross Harris, David Gunnell, Steven Oliver, Jane Athene Lane, Michael Davis, Jenny Donovan, David Neal, Freddie Hamdy, Rebecca Beynon, Jelena Savovic, and Richard Michael Martin

These data indicate a limited role for childhood environmental exposures—as indexed by adult height—on prostate cancer incidence, while suggesting a greater role for progression, through mechanisms requiring further investigation.

Case-control study
2 effects
9347 subjects

Reported Outcomes

DeterminantsOutcomeDetails

Insulin-like Human Growth Hormone (IGF-1) Endocrine outcome
Insulin-like Human Gr...
Endocrine system

Prostate Cancer Reproductive outcome
Minor increase risk of Prostate Cancer
Reproductive system

Low evidence
23.0%

Height Musculoskeletal outcome
Height
Musculoskeletal system

Prostate Cancer Reproductive outcome
Minor increase risk of Prostate Cancer
Reproductive system

Moderate evidence
23.0%