Aggressive Prostate Cancer Targets Tall Guys, Says Depressing Study

Prostate Cancer Infographic Tall Men

As if owning skinny jeans wasn’t already a problem.


Haroon Siddique, reporting for The Guardian:

British scientists found that every 10cm* increment in height increased the chance of developing high-grade prostate cancer by 21% and the risk of death from the disease by 17%.

The 141,000 men followed by the nearly 14-year study were all white guys, so you extremely tall non-white dudes still have a shot at height not being at cancer risk for you. Or to put it another way, they have no meaningful data on you at all.

*American translation: 10cm is just under 4 inches.