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

Anne Tybjærg-Hansen, Torben Jørgensen, Børge G. Nordestgaard, Gorm Boje Jensen, Peter Schnohr , Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration

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Abstract

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.
Original languageEnglish
JournalInternational Journal of Epidemiology
Volume41
Issue number5
Pages (from-to)1419-33
Number of pages15
ISSN0300-5771
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

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