Association between height and the risk of primary brain malignancy in adults: a nationwide population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The association between height and the risk of developing primary brain malignancy remains unclear. We evaluated the association between height and risk of primary brain malignancy based on a nationwide population-based database of Koreans.

Methods

Using data from the Korean National Health Insurance System cohort, 6 833 744 people over 20 years of age that underwent regular national health examination were followed from January 2009 until the end of 2017. We documented 4771 cases of primary brain malignancy based on an ICD-10 code of C71 during the median follow-up period of 7.30 years and 49 877 983 person-years.

Results

When dividing the population into quartiles of height for each age group and sex, people within the highest height quartile had a signif

SUBMITTER: Ahn S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8562729 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature