Height affects life expectancy

According to new research, tall people are more likely to die from cancer, while low-income people face the risk of cardiovascular death.

British experts reviewed 130 studies that combined information about the height of nearly 1.1 million people, along with their cause of death. When studying the trends in the data warehouse, scientists found a connection between the height of people and their ability to die in many different ways.'At the beginning of the insurance industry, companies looked at the client's height as an indicator of their lifespan , ' said David Batty - epidemiologist and community health expert at University College London, who unrelated to the above report - say. The relationship between height and cause of death has long been established, but the study is one of the biggest gathering of information about this special relationship.

High - low affects human health.(Illustration)

According to the data, participants were born between 1900 and 1960, 85% were white, 93% lived in North America or Europe. Researchers also consider the fact that people are getting taller, with an average height of about 6.85mm every 5 years. The average height of men in the above report is 1.73m, women are 1.6m. The reason behind this deadly relationship is that height can be a general indication of the overall health status of a person who has spent his childhood, Batty said. Height is also partly determined by genetic genes, although it is not always possible to reflect the maximum height possible.'Height tells you about early indicators of life, social status, nutrition, genetics , ' Batty concluded.

A low stature can be a sign of malnutrition, chronic infection or frequent diarrhea in childhood. It may also be a sign of a stressful childhood, such as parents experiencing a stressful divorce. Of course, not everyone is experiencing a difficult childhood, but this tendency is especially prominent when collecting data on a large scale. However, the factors that influence the development of a child's time can predict the health of the adult. This is due in part to the division of the socio-economic level at a young age as a strong indicator of their class when they grow up. The most specific example is that tall people are more likely to get jobs than low ones. Success in relation to height may explain why lower people often die from mental health disorders.

The data show that tall people tend to be thinner, exercise more and have less smoking. Differences in health behaviors can lead to the fact that tall people have better cholesterol and lower blood pressure than low people. Meanwhile, dwarves often die from cardiovascular disease, stroke. One reason to explain why tall people often die from many types of cancer is because they have larger internal organs, thus increasing the risk of cancer cells. For example, the world's tallest man in the 20th century was Mohammad Alam Channa, a farmer in Pakistan, who died of kidney failure when he was just 42 years old. He is 2.31m tall. Robert Wadlow, the highest record holder of all time, was 2.72m, died at the age of 22.

However, it is easy to die from cancer or low risk of cardiovascular death, not for individuals, but conclusions are drawn for the majority. In addition, the height of a person is not something that can be easily changed, according to a report published in the International Journal of Epidemiology.