ReviewIndian heart journal
Shorter height is related to lower cardiovascular disease risk - a narrative review.
Review in Indian heart journal. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- The association between parents' height and sons' height: findings from India human development survey (IHDS), 2011-12.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Higher intakes of dietary dicarbonyl compounds are associated with lower risk of cardiovascular disease.European journal of preventive cardiology · 2025Article
- Variability in Response to Valsartan and Its Relationship WithHealth science reports · 2025Article
- Lack of the association between height and cardiovascular prognosis in hypertensive men and women: analysis of national real-world database.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Rapamycin treatment during development extends life span and health span of male mice andScience advances · 2022Article
- Sodium nitrate co-supplementation does not exacerbate low dose metronomic doxorubicin-induced cachexia in healthy mice.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Evaluation of the associations of body height with blood pressure and early-stage atherosclerosis in Chinese adults.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2020Article
- The association of adult height with the risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer in the population of Sardinia.PloS one · 2018Article
- Do "big guys" really die younger? An examination of height and lifespan in former professional basketball players.PloS one · 2017Article
- Comparison of neck length, relative neck length and height with incidence of cervical spondylosis.Pakistan journal of medical sciencesArticle
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Abstract
Numerous Western studies have shown a negative correlation between height and cardiovascular disease. However, these correlations do not prove causation. This review provides a variety of studies showing short people have little to no cardiovascular disease. When shorter people are compared to taller people, a number of biological mechanisms evolve favoring shorter people, including reduced telomere shortening, lower atrial fibrillation, higher heart pumping efficiency, lower DNA damage, lower risk of blood clots, lower left ventricular hypertrophy and superior blood parameters. The causes of increased heart disease among shorter people in the developed world are related to lower income, excessive weight, poor diet, lifestyle factors, catch-up growth, childhood illness and poor environmental conditions. For short people in developed countries, the data indicate that a plant-based diet, leanness and regular exercise can substantially reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
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