Shorter people have bigger risk of heart disease
Apr-09-2015

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 research 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 heart disease, which is caused by a buildup of plaque in the arteries and can lead to heart attack.

It is the most common cause of early death worldwide, killing nearly one in six men and one in 10 women.

They found that every 2.5 inches (6.3 centimeters) in a person's height affected their risk of coronary heart disease by 13.5 percent.

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