Publication: Is height loss in adulthood associated with health in later life among the 1946 UK Birth Cohort (NSHD) participants?
Is height loss in adulthood associated with health in later life among the 1946 UK Birth Cohort (NSHD) participants?
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Matthes, K. L., & Staub, K. (2025). Is height loss in adulthood associated with health in later life among the 1946 UK Birth Cohort (NSHD) participants? Aging and Health Research, 5(1), 100224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahr.2025.100224
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Background: Height increases as a product of physical growth until adulthood, then is stable between the ages of 20 and about 40, after which most people lose height as they biologically age. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between height in childhood and relative height loss in adulthood, and to examine the association between height loss and health at older age. Methods: Data from one of the oldest ongoing cohort studies, the National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD, 1946 UK birth cohort) were
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Matthes, K. L., & Staub, K. (2025). Is height loss in adulthood associated with health in later life among the 1946 UK Birth Cohort (NSHD) participants? Aging and Health Research, 5(1), 100224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahr.2025.100224
