Associations between childhood height and morphologically different variants of melanoma in adulthood.

ABSTRACT:

Aim of the study

Melanoma subtypes have different aetiological characteristics. Child height is positively associated with adult melanoma; however, a clarification of associations with specific melanoma variants is necessary for an improved understanding of risk factors underlying the histologic entities. This study investigated associations between childhood height and future development of cutaneous melanoma variants.

Method

A cohort study of 316,193 individuals from the Copenhagen School Health Records Register, with measured heights at ages 7-13 years who were born from 1930 to 1989. Melanoma cases were identified via linkage to the national Danish Cancer Registry and subdivided into subtypes. Cox proportional hazards regressions were performed.

Results

A total of

SUBMITTER: Meyle KD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5068922 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature