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Adult socioeconomic position and the association between height and coronary heart disease mortality: Findings from 33 years of follow-up in the Whitehall Study

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  • Langenberg, C.
  • Shipley, M.J.
  • Batty, G.D.
  • Marmot, M.G.

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In the Whitehall Study, which followed 17139 male civil servants over 33 years, the association between tall stature and coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality differed between employment grades. In men without CHD at study entry, the hazard ratio per 15-cm increase in height was 0.77 (95% confidence interval [Cl]=0.69, 0.85; P

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  • Langenberg, C. & Shipley, M.J. & Batty, G.D. & Marmot, M.G., 2005. "Adult socioeconomic position and the association between height and coronary heart disease mortality: Findings from 33 years of follow-up in the Whitehall Study," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 95(4), pages 628-632.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/2004.046219_7
    DOI: 10.2105/2004.046219
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    2. Osika, Walter & Ehlin, Anna & Montgomery, Scott M., 2006. "Does height modify the risk of angina associated with economic adversity?," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 4(3), pages 398-411, December.
    3. Batty, G. David & Shipley, Martin J. & Gunnell, David & Huxley, Rachel & Kivimaki, Mika & Woodward, Mark & Lee, Crystal Man Ying & Smith, George Davey, 2009. "Height, wealth, and health: An overview with new data from three longitudinal studies," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 7(2), pages 137-152, July.
    4. Lindsay M Silva & Lenie van Rossem & Pauline W Jansen & Anita C S Hokken-Koelega & Henriëtte A Moll & Albert Hofman & Johan P Mackenbach & Vincent W V Jaddoe & Hein Raat, 2012. "Children of Low Socioeconomic Status Show Accelerated Linear Growth in Early Childhood; Results from the Generation R Study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(5), pages 1-10, May.
    5. Grace Wyshak, 2014. "Height, Socioeconomic and Subjective Well-Being Factors among U.S. Women, Ages 49–79," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(6), pages 1-17, June.

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