Article
Shorter men live longer: association of height with longevity and FOXO3 genotype in American men of Japanese ancestry.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
He Qimei, Morris Brian J, Grove John S, Petrovitch Helen, Ross Webster, Masaki Kamal H, Rodriguez Beatriz, Chen Randi, Donlon Timothy A, Willcox D Craig, Willcox Bradley J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To determine the relation between height, FOXO3 genotype and age of death in humans. METHODS: Observational study of 8,003 American men of Japanese ancestry from the Honolulu Heart Program/Honolulu-Asia Aging Study (HHP/HAAS), a genetically and culturally homogeneous cohort followed for over 40 years. A Cox regression model with age as the time scale, stratified by year of birth, was used to estimate...
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