[Stann]

Tallness = higher rates of blood cancer

by Stann on Thu Aug 15, 2013 1:24 pm

I just read that height is correlated with cancer. For every 4 inches of height over...(I'm assuming average height), there is a 25% increase in chances of blood cancers.
Does anybody know the details of this study?
It was a long term study looking at 145,000 american women.
I can't find details of it, and I don't know if they break down "blood cancers" into the different types.
But 25% is a big enough number that I'm surprised somebody didn't figure this out years ago.

[Ulrika]

Re: Tallness = higher rates of blood cancer

by Ulrika on Fri Aug 16, 2013 4:35 am

well my husband is short (167cms) so he doesn't qualify...