Short people face a greater lifetime risk of clogged arteries, according to a study out Wednesday that confirmed the long-known link between height and heart disease by examining genetics.
The study is the first to show that the higher risk is primarily due to a variety of genes that influence whether a person is tall or short, and not potentially confounding factors like poverty or poor nutrition.
The study led by researchers at the University of Leicester is published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Researchers examined 180 different genetics variants in a database of nearly 200,000 people with and without coronary …Read More
Source:: PM Newspaper
