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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 155, No. 8 : 688-689
Copyright © 2002 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Invited Commentary: Height-Cardiovascular Disease Relation: Where to Go from Here?

Katsuyuki Miura1, Hideaki Nakagawa1 and Philip Greenland2

1 Department of Public Health, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan.
2 Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL.


   INTRODUCTION
 
Since a report by Gertler and White in 1954 (1Go), many studies have found that short stature in adulthood is associated with increased risk of total cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, and stroke (2Go). Short stature has also been reported to relate to higher risk from respiratory diseases (3Go). The current issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology contains a further contribution on this topic. McCarron et al. (4Go) found, in a cohort of 8,361 male Glasgow University students followed for a median of 41 years, that adult height was inversely related to mortality from cardiovascular disease, particularly coronary heart disease, corroborating findings of most prior studies on this issue. Strengths include the large cohort size . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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