Associations of components of adult height with coronary heart disease in postmenopausal women: the British women's heart and health study

Objective: To assess the associations between components of adult height and coronary heart disease (CHD) in postmenopausal women. Methods: Cross sectional analysis of 4286 women randomly selected from 23 British towns. The association of components of adult height with prevalent CHD (n = 694) were assessed. Results: Shorter stature, shorter leg length, and trunk length were all associated with CHD in age adjusted analyses....