Height Loss Is Associated With Suicidal Ideation in Korean Men

Height is associated with a range of disease outcomes—both somatic and psychiatric—with particular implications for cancers and cardiovascular diseases.1 Height loss is related to the aging process, particularly in terms of changes in the paravertebral musculoskeletal system, and it also appears to be related to sarcopenia, defined as the loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength with aging. Several studies report that muscle mass is...