Table 3.

Hazard Ratios for the Risk of Adult Malignant Melanoma According to a 0.5-z-Score Change in Height Between the Ages of 7 and 13 Years (n = 258,594 Individuals and 2,022 Cases), Copenhagen, Denmark, 1968–2012^a

Height z Score at Age 7 Yearsb,c	Height z Score at Age 13 Years
	0			0.5
	HR	95% CI	P Value	HR	95% CI	P Value
0	1	Referent		1.02	0.98, 1.07	0.29
0.5	1.08	1.03, 1.13	0.001	1.10	1.08, 1.13	<0.001

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio.

^a Based on data from the Copenhagen School Health Records Register. All analyses were stratified by sex and 5-year birth cohort.

^b Deviations from linearity in the associations were not detected (all P’s > 0.16).

^c An “average” child had a height z score of 0, a “taller” child had a z score of 0.5, and a “persistently taller” child had a z score of 0.5 at both age 7 years and age 13 years.