Niski ljudi imaju 50 posto veći rizik od srčanih bolesti i smrti od visokih ljudi, no težina, krvni tlak i navike pušenja i dalje su najvažniji čimbenici za srčane bolesti, pokazalo je novo istraživanje. Prethodne studije su pokazale vezu između visine i srčanih bolesti kao što su angina pektoris, bolesti srca i vaskularne bolesti. Ovaj put, finski istraživači proveli su prvi veći pregled takvih studija, uključujući globalne studije, i potvrdili vezu između visine i srčanih bolesti.
Finnish researchers reviewed 52 studies on height and heart disease involving more than 3 million male and female subjects. The experts did not consider the patient's objective height, but analyzed the population of a specific country. They found that the shortest people had a 1.5 times higher risk of heart disease or death than the tallest people. Generally speaking, the height of short people is less than 1.61 meters, and the height of tall people is at least 1.74 meters.
The cardiovascular research foundation of Finland and other institutions are funded. The study was published in the European Heart Journal. 'we don't want to scare short people, but maybe they should pay extra attention to their lifestyle,' said POG nordsterger, a professor of genetic epidemiology at root Hagen University, who was not involved in the study. However, compared with other factors such as smoking, height does not affect the severity of heart disease, and smoking can increase the risk of heart disease by up to four times.
Iako znanstvenici još uvijek nisu sigurni zašto su niski ljudi skloni srčanim bolestima, vjeruju da postoji nekoliko objašnjenja. Nizak rast može biti posljedica pothranjenosti. Općenito, mali ljudi mogu biti pothranjeni i osjetljivi na bolesti. Stručnjaci također vjeruju da postoji biološko objašnjenje, kao što je neravnoteža hormona, koja može oštetiti srce.
