Table.

Hazard ratios for mortality from cancer in relation to one z score^* increase in leg length

Cause of death	No of deaths	Adjusted hazard ratio (95% CI)†	P value for linear trend	Adjusted hazard ratio (95% CI)‡	P value for linear trend
All causes	174	0.96 (0.80 to 1.16)	0.69	1.00 (0.83 to 1.21)	0.98
Cancer:
All cancers¶	53	1.37 (0.94 to 1.99)	0.10	1.43 (0.97 to 2.10)	0.07
Related to smoking§	24	1.02 (0.62 to 1.68)	0.93	1.08 (0.66 to 1.78)	0.75
Not related to smoking	29	1.74 (1.04 to 2.93)	0.04	1.78 (1.02 to 3.01)	0.04
Not dependent on sex hormones	17	1.38 (0.70 to 2.75)**	0.35	1.47 (0.71 to 3.01)	0.30
Dependent on sex hormones‡‡	12	2.29 (1.09 to 4.83)	0.03	2.26 (0.99 to 5.16)	0.05

^*1 unit z score approximates to 3-4 mm. 

^†Adjusted for age at measurement, sex, and trunk length and stratified by survey centre. Standard errors adjusted to account for within family clustering effects. 

^‡Adjusted for age at measurement, sex, trunk length, childhood and adult socioeconomic circumstances and stratified by survey centre. Standard errors adjusted to account for within family clustering effects. 

^¶International classification of diseases, ninth revision (ICD-9) codes 140-209. 

^§ICD-9 codes 140, 141, 143-9, 150, 157, 160-3, 188-9. 

^**Exclusion of five cancers whose primary site was not specified increased adjusted hazard ratio to 1.69 (95% CI 0.81 to 3.51) (P=0.16). 

^‡‡ICD-9 codes 174, 179, 182-7.