Are you taller and more subject to cancer?

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A new study, involving nearly one million people, found that long-time people were more likely to develop cancer.

Previous reports and studies have yielded the same result, but should they be worried or exaggerated?

Experts confirm that the results indicate that a very small increase in the risk ratio compared to several other factors, such as smoking.

• Big "may be more likely to have cancer"

It is also unclear what is the main reason for this relationship. The main hypothesis is that tall people have more cells that can turn into cancer cells.

But the level of hormones and other diseases as well as the standard of living of young people can affect the duration of the person and the risk of cancer.

The author of the study, Leonard Nooney, told the BBC that the risk ratio depends on its size.

What does the study say?

The study, published in the Journal of the Royal Society, states that the average human length of study increases every ten centimeters – five feet seven inches for men and five feet and three inches for women – increases by 10% the risk of cancer. "He said.

The data was collected as part of in-depth studies, including the study "One Million Women", which identified 23 types of cancer in Britain, the United States, South Korea in Austria, Norway and Sweden.

Each study was to include 10,000 cancer cases by sex.

What do the experts think?

Size is one of many factors that determine a person's risk of cancer, which is certainly not the most important factor. In addition, it can not be modified or changed unlike other risk factors such as body weight.

Scientists say the key to increasing the chances of avoiding the disease is a healthy lifestyle.

"The risk is low and there are many ways to reduce it, including not smoking and maintaining a healthy weight," said Georgina Hill of the Cancer Research Institute in Britain.

"You have more cells, you have a higher risk of cancer," said John O'Neill, president of the Institute of Molecular Biology. "Longer people have larger volumes, and therefore more melanocytes, so they are more likely to develop skin cancer."

"Inducing the longitudinal relationship by increasing the number of cells and increasing the risk of cancer is a big step forward, but a possible cause," said Andrew Sharks, professor of molecular biology at the University of Michigan. University of Manchester.

What about the benefits?

The report was based on a study from the University of Oxford in 2011 and on another similar report in Sweden in 2015.

Tim Cole, professor of medical statistics at University College London, said that tall people should not be too concerned about the results.

"Being tall gives me many benefits, so the absence of a worker is not catastrophic," Cole told the BBC.

"In fact, there are many benefits for tall people," he said. "People who earn a lot of money are often great, and most world leaders are great and all is well with them."

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Stewart Logan, director of the Tall Club in Britain, says the researchers do not handle these studies well.

His club, founded in 1991, has about 250 large people in the United Kingdom and Ireland, as well as in some European countries.

"We found that the average length of a large number of men was six feet, three inches, six feet and four inches, while the average length of women was five feet and ten inches to five. feet and eleven inches, "Logan told the BBC.

"It might be useful for researchers to continue with different associations, such as our association, and take advantage of our members in their reports," she said.

"What bothers me a little bit is that the positive side confirms that the older you are, the less likely you are to suffer from diabetes, stroke and heart disease, but they tell you now that you have more risk of cancer, "he said.