Height and Breast Cancer Risk: Evidence From Prospective Studies and Mendelian Randomization
Authors: Ben Zhang, Xiao-Ou Shu, Ryan J Delahanty, Chenjie Zeng, Kyriaki Michailidou, Manjeet K Bolla, Qin Wang, Joe Dennis, Wanqing Wen, Jirong Long, Chun Li, Alison M Dunning, Jenny Chang-Claude, Mitul Shah, Barbara J Perkins, Kamila Czene, Hatef Darabi, Mikael Eriksson, Stig E Bojesen, Børge G Nordestgaard, Sune F Nielsen, Henrik Flyger, Diether Lambrechts, Patrick Neven, Hans Wildiers, Giuseppe Floris, Marjanka K Schmidt, Matti A Rookus, Katja van den Hurk, Wim L A M de Kort, Fergus J Couch, Janet E Olson, Emily Hallberg, Celine Vachon, Anja Rudolph, Petra Seibold, Dieter Flesch-Janys, Julian Peto, Isabel Dos-Santos-Silva, Olivia Fletcher, Nichola Johnson, Heli Nevanlinna, Taru A Muranen, Kristiina Aittomäki, Carl Blomqvist, Jingmei Li, Keith Humphreys, Judith Brand, Pascal Guénel, Thérèse Truong, Emilie Cordina-Duverger, Florence Menegaux, Barbara Burwinkel, Frederik Marme, Rongxi Yang, Harald Surowy, Javier Benitez, M Pilar Zamora, Jose I A Perez, Angela Cox, Simon S Cross, Malcolm W R Reed, Irene L Andrulis, Julia A Knight, Gord Glendon, Sandrine Tchatchou, Elinor J Sawyer, Ian Tomlinson, Michael J Kerin, Nicola Miller, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Christopher A Haiman, Brian E Henderson, Fredrick Schumacher, Loic Le Marchand, Annika Lindblom, Sara Margolin, Maartje J Hooning, John W M Martens, Madeleine M A Tilanus-Linthorst, J Margriet Collée, John L Hopper, Melissa C Southey, Helen Tsimiklis, Carmel Apicella, Susan Slager, Amanda E Toland, Christine B Ambrosone, Drakoulis Yannoukakos, Graham G Giles, Roger L Milne, Catriona McLean, Peter A Fasching, Lothar Haeberle, Arif B Ekici, Matthias W Beckmann, Hermann Brenner, Aida Karina Dieffenbach, Volker Arndt, Christa Stegmaier, Anthony J Swerdlow, Alan Ashworth, Nick Orr, Michael Jones, Jonine Figueroa, Montserrat Garcia-Closas, Louise Brinton, Jolanta Lissowska, Martine Dumont, Robert Winqvist, Katri Pylkäs, Arja Jukkola-Vuorinen, Mervi Grip, Hiltrud Brauch, Thomas Brüning, Yon-Dschun Ko, Paolo Peterlongo, Siranoush Manoukian, Bernardo Bonanni, Paolo Radice, Natalia Bogdanova, Natalia Antonenkova, Thilo Dörk, Arto Mannermaa, Vesa Kataja, Veli-Matti Kosma, Jaana M Hartikainen, Peter Devilee, Caroline Seynaeve, Christi J Van Asperen, Anna Jakubowska, Jan Lubiński, Katarzyna Jaworska-Bieniek, Katarzyna Durda, Ute Hamann, Diana Torres, Rita K Schmutzler, Susan L Neuhausen, Hoda Anton-Culver, Vessela N Kristensen, Grethe I Grenaker Alnæs, Brandon L Pierce, Peter Kraft, Ulrike Peters, Sara Lindstrom, Daniela Seminara, Stephen Burgess, Habibul Ahsan, Alice S Whittemore, Esther M John, Marilie D Gammon, Kathleen E Malone, Daniel C Tessier, Daniel Vincent, Francois Bacot, Craig Luccarini, Caroline Baynes, Shahana Ahmed, Mel Maranian, Catherine S Healey, Anna González-Neira, Guillermo Pita, M Rosario Alonso, Nuria Álvarez, Daniel Herrero, Paul D P Pharoah, Jacques Simard, Per Hall, David J Hunter, Douglas F Easton, Wei Zheng
Journal: JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute (2015)

Background:Epidemiological studies have linked adult height with breast cancer risk in women. However, the magnitude of the association, particularly by subtypes of breast cancer, has not been established. Furthermore, the mechanisms of the association remain unclear.