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Archive Home > 2010 > June > 10 > Short people at greater risk for heart disease, study finds

Short people at greater risk for heart disease, study finds

By Rob Stein / The Bulletin
June 10, 2010

Short people are at greater risk for heart disease than tall people, according to a new study.

Tuula Paajanen of the University of Tampere in Finland analyzed 52 studies involving more than 3 million people and found that short adults were about 1.5 times as likely to develop heart disease and....

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