Table.

Association between height and mortality from cancer in Whitehall study

Height (inches)*	No of men	No of deaths	Rate†	Rate ratio (95% CI)
				Adjusted for age	Adjusted for age and employment grade	Adjusted for age, employment grade, and smoking
Cancers related to smoking‡
−66	2268	218	4.38	1.0	1.0	1.0
−69	6619	600	4.34	0.96 (0.82 to 1.13)	1.05 (0.90 to 1.23)	1.05 (0.89 to 1.22)
−72	6375	523	4.14	0.92 (0.79 to 1.08)	1.04 (0.89 to 1.23)	1.05 (0.89 to 1.23)
>72	2116	160	4.01	0.88 (0.72 to 1.08)	1.02 (0.83 to 1.25)	1.06 (0.86 to 1.30)
Height increment (6 inches)				0.93 (0.83 to 1.04)	1.02 (0.91 to 1.15)	1.04 (0.93 to 1.17)
P value for trend				0.20	0.70	0.50
Cancers unrelated to smoking¶
−66	2268	85	1.74	1.0	1.0	1.0
−69	6619	258	1.85	1.02 (0.80 to 1.30)	1.04 (0.81 to 1.33)	1.04 (0.81 to 1.33)
−72	6375	283	2.19	1.20 (0.94 to 1.54)	1.24 (0.97 to 1.59)	1.25 (0.97 to 1.59)
>72	2116	99	2.44	1.29 (0.96 to 1.72)	1.34 (1.00 to 1.80)	1.36 (1.01 to 1.82)
Height increment (6 inches)				1.28 (1.08 to 1.51)	1.32 (1.11 to 1.56)	1.33 (1.12 to 1.57)
P value for trend				0.0042	0.0016	0.0011

^*1 inch is about 2.5 cm. 

^†Age standardised rates per 1000 person years. 

^‡Lip (international classification of diseases, ninth revision (ICD-9) code 140); tongue (141); mouth and pharynx (143-9); oesophagus (150); pancreas (157); respiratory tract (160-163); and urinary tract (188-189). 

^¶ICD-9 codes 140-208, excluding cancers related to smoking above.