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腿长未必好事 癌症如影随形 How Height Is Connected to Cancer Jealous of your long-legged peers? Turns out they may not have won the gene pool after all. 还在羡慕闺蜜秀美的长腿？新的研究表明长腿美眉们在这场基因战争中似乎并不是赢家。 New research published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers Prevention found a surprising correlation between height and cancer risk among postmenopausal women; the taller the woman, the greater her risk for the disease. 最新刊登在《肿瘤流行病学，生物标记与预防》杂志上的一项研究发现，在绝经后的女性群体中，身高与患肿瘤的风险存在着令人惊讶的相关性，具体来说，身高越高，女性患肿瘤的风险越大。 The researchers studied more than 20,900 women ages 50 to 79 who participated in the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study, an on-going analysis of post menopausal women and the factors that contribute to their health. They separated the women into five groups based on their height, starting with women shorter than 5 feet 1 inch, and matched them to data on their cancer rates. 这项研究为妇女健康倡议（WHI）的一部分，共有20900名50至79岁的女性参加了这项研究。妇女健康倡议由美国国家健康研究所发起，旨在分析绝经后女性和影响这些女性健康的因素。研究者将所有女性按身高分成五组，最矮的一组身高低于5英尺1英寸（约155cm），并按组对比他们患癌症的比例。 They discovered that for every 10 centimeters of height, a woman’s risk of developing a range of different cancers increased by 13%. When they looked at all the cancers together, they found that taller women had a 13% to 17% greater risk of developing melanoma, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer and colon cancer. They also had a 23% to 29% greater risk of developing kidney, rectum, thyroid and blood cancers. All of the cancers showed a positive association with height; none of the taller women showed a lower risk of cancer compared to their shorter counterparts. 结果他们发现，测试组身高增加10cm，女性患各种肿瘤的几率就增加13%。从患癌人群分析，研究者发现身材高的女性患黑素瘤、乳腺癌、卵巢癌、子宫内膜癌、结肠癌的几率要高出13%-17%。另外他们还发现，身材高的女性肾脏，直肠，甲状腺，和血液患肿瘤的风险要比身高矮的女性高23%-29%。所有种类的肿瘤都与身高成正比；没有任何一个高个女性比矮个女性患癌几率低。 While the connection seems odd, previous studies have exposed the same association; it’s possible, for example, that on the most basic level, the greater number of cells and tissues that taller people possess simply in