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August 26, 2003American Journal of EpidemiologyOpen Access

Adult Height and Cause-specific Mortality: A Large Prospective Study of South Korean Men

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Why the study?

Does adult height associate with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in middle-aged South Korean men?

Population

386,627 middle-aged South Korean male civil servants

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

1992 to 1998

Authors

YSYun‐Mi SongMinistry of Food and Drug Safety

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Implication

Should not change clinical risk assessment by height; extends observational mortality data to South Korean men but leaves causality open.

Structured PICO

Does adult height associate with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in middle-aged South Korean men?

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Population
386,627 middle-aged South Korean male civil servants
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Intervention
Adult height (evaluated per 5-cm increment)
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Outcome
All-cause mortalityhard clinical

Adult height is inversely associated with all-cause mortality and hemorrhagic stroke, but not coronary heart disease, in South Korean men.

Cite This Study

Yun‐Mi Song (2003) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dbdcf3387cf70698688ff8https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwg173
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