title: Association between height and malignancy among children in the north of Iran.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study aim to determine the association between height and cancer in the children aged 14 years at the time of diagnosis in Rasht, Iran.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this cross-sectional study, height of patients with a malignancy (≤14) at the time of diagnosis measured in the standard charts of United States National Center for the Health Statistics (NCHS). Data were reported by descriptive statistics and analyzed by Regression tests in SPSS version 19.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall, 78 male (38.6%) and 124 female (61.4%) patients with various kinds of malignancies were evaluated for their heights. Leukemia was the most common type of cancer. The median height of the patients was more than 20(th) percentile and under 50(th) percentile of the NCHS. No significant association was found between height and leukemia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Previously, the median height of Iranian girls and boys (≤15) reported under 20(th) percentile of the NCHS. In this study, the median height of the patients at the time of diagnosis was more than 20(th) percentile of the NCHS. There was a correlation between height and cancer among our patients, although, this correlation can be assessed by further cohort study.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Growth Disorders Research Center, 17 Shahrivar Hospital, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran. ; Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Darbandi
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Growth Disorders Research Center, 17 Shahrivar Hospital, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran. ; Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baghersalimi
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Growth Disorders Research Center, 17 Shahrivar Hospital, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran. ; Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jafroodi
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Growth Disorders Research Center, 17 Shahrivar Hospital, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Atrkarroshan
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Growth Disorders Research Center, 17 Shahrivar Hospital, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran. ; Pediatric Endocrinologist, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Koohmanaei
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Growth Disorders Research Center, 17 Shahrivar Hospital, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hassanzadeh Rad
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Growth Disorders Research Center, 17 Shahrivar Hospital, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran. ; Pediatric Endocrinologist, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dalili
keywords: Height; Malignancy; NCHS; Pediatric; Percentile