Being Short Increases Risk For Heart Disease

By Fred Lee

A person's height seems to have an impact on numerous areas of our lives. Not only has it been suggested that height is an advantage in finding a job as well as a mate, but now it appears that height may be a predictor of heart disease. The news comes out of the European Heart Journal in the first systemic analysis of the currently available data regarding the subject.

Researchers examined the information from 52 studies that involved over three million people. What they found was that adults that were shorter in stature had about a 1.5 greater risk of developing coronary heart disease and as a consequence, dying from it, than people who were taller. The situation applied to both men and women. Short stature was defin

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