Table 1 Summary of the cohort studies
Ref. no. | Study name | Authors | Study subjects | Country | Sex | Mean height (cm±standard deviation) | Adjusted factors | Notes; hazard ratios for height |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[16] | Korean Medical Insurance Corporation study (women) | Song and Sung, 2008 | 344,519 South Korean women; from1993-1994 (age, 40–64 years) for a follow-up of 10 years | South Korea | Women | 155±5.2 | Age, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, blood glucose, smoking, alcohol, exercise, salary, occupation, residence area | Results for 5-cm increment |
[17] | Korean Medical Insurance Corporation study (men) | Song et al., 2003 | 386,627 South Korean male civil servants; from 1992 (age, 40–64 years) for a follow-up of 6 years. | South Korea | Men | 168.3±5.1 | Age, body mass index, diastolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, glucose, smoking, alcohol, exercise, salary, occupation, residence area | Results for 5-cm increment |
[18] | NIPPON DATA 80 | Hozawa et al., 2007 | 3,969 and 4,955 Japanese men and women without prior cardiovascular disease; from 1980 (age, 30–92 years) for a follow-up of 19 years. | Japan | Men | 162.3±6.7 | Age, weight, systolic blood pressure, antihypertensive drug use, total cholesterol, diabetes mellitus, smoking, alcohol | Results for 5-cm increment |
Women | 150.1±6.1 | |||||||
[19] | The Shanghai Women's Health Study and the Shanghai Men's Health Study | Wang et al., 2011 | 61,333 Chinese men; from 2002 (age, 40–74 years, mean 54.9 years) for a follow-up of 5 years and 74,869 women from 1996 (age, 40–70 years, mean 52.1 years) for a follow-up of 5 years | China | Men | 169.8 | Age, birth year, body mass index, waist-hip ratio, menopause, smoking, alcohol, exercise, diet (energy, red meat, fruit and vegetables), education, income, occupation | Results for 1-standard deviation increase |
Women | 157.5 | |||||||
[20] | Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study (JPHC) | Ihira et al., 2018 | 50,755 and 57,039 Japanese men and women without prior cardiovascular disease; from 1990-1993 (age, 40–69 years) for a follow-up of 19.1 years(men) and 20.2 years (women). | Japan | Men | 164.3±6.3 | Birth year, body mass index, hypertension history, diabetes history, menopause, menarche, smoking, alcohol, exercise | Results for 5-cm increments |
|  | Women | 152.1±5.6 |