Table 3.

Relative risks (RRs) and 95% CIs per 10 cm increase in height, for total incident cancer: effect of adjustment by various factors

		RR (95% CI)
Adjusted by age and region only		1·14 (1·13–1·15)
Additionally adjusted separately by
	Socioeconomic status	1·15 (1·13–1·16)
	Alcohol	1·14 (1·13–1·15)
	Smoking	1·15 (1·13–1·16)
	Body-mass index	1·15 (1·14–1·17)
	Strenuous exercise	1·14 (1·13–1·16)
	Age at menarche	1·14 (1·13–1·16)
	Parity	1·13 (1·12–1·15)
	Age at first birth	1·14 (1·13–1·15)
Adjusted simultaneously for all of the above		1·16 (1·15–1·18)

Analysis restricted to 1 087 489 women (81 797 with cancer) with information on all adjustment variables.