title: [Short stature as a risk indicator for coronary patients].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Short stature as an indicator of coronary disease in German men is described.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 4,524 patients investigated by coronary angiography (history of myocardial infarction and at least one vessel greater than or equal to 75% stenotic or occluded on angiography and, in addition corresponding levocardiographic changes) and 722 age-matched test subjects with unremarkable coronary angiographic findings were admitted to the study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patients with coronary heart disease were, on average, 1.9 cm shorter than those with unremarkable blood vessels. This difference in height was found in particular in the age group between 40 and 60 years old. The reason for this is not known.
authors.affiliation: Klinik Roderbirken für Herz- und Kreislaufkrankheiten, Leichlingen.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Blümchen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jetté
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001827:Body Height; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Kleinwuchs als Risikoindikator für Koronarpatienten.