hawthorn at waikato.ac.nz wrote:
>In article <tFZTxAUJBh107h at chambers.ak.planet.co.nz>, steve at chambers.ak.planet.co.nz (Steve Chambers) writes:
>> This by-line headed an article in yesterday's local rag. Not much detail -
>> but a Donna Parker of Memorial Hospital in Rhode Island was quoted and
>> a German study was also mentioned in passing.
>>>> Anyone know any more detail? These results seem counter-intuitive to me
>> given established relationships between mortality and size, calorie
>> restriction and lifespan increase etc.
>Short men are usually smaller over all, which means smaller diameter blood
>vessels. These are more easily clogged than larger diameter ones. So it
Is this an assumption based on "common sense," or do you actually
facts on vessel size versus height?
-Kevin
>makes sense. The rate of formation of arterial plaques is going to depend
>on blood composition, and is probably not going to be lower for short men.
>Hence their arteries will clog faster
>Furthermore short and fat are not mutually exclusive. It is
>weight for size that is significant. Not weight overall.
>Ian H
>A short man, latest in a line of short men,
>most of whom have died from heart attacks.
