On 2016 Jun 15, thomas samaras commented:

Many studies indicate that short, lean people have much lower risk of coronary heart disease compared to taller people. Scores of studies find either no relation between height and CHD or a positive relation between height and CHD. Studies finding taller height is related to increased CHD include the works of Shapiro, Mendall, Mori, Elsayed, Allebeck, Hameed and Gupta. Other studies have found taller people have higher rates of abdominal aortic aneurysm, arial fibrillation, thromboembolism and pulmonary infarction. The only populations that have been found to be free of CHD or stroke are Solomon islanders, Papua New Guinea, Kalahari bushmen, Congo pygmies, and Kitavans. These populations range from less than 5 feet to about 5 feet 6 inches. (These findings are based on 20th C studies.) A report by the World Cancer Research Fund found that the process of industrialization has increased our height, weight and chronic diseases (including CHD). This report also stated that the Western diet has promoted chronic diseases. Trowell and Burkitt also reported that pre-western populations following their traditional diets were free of major chronic diseases common in the West. The studies finding shorter people have more CHD are confounded by a number of factors, including overweight, smoking, diet,lack of exercise, socioeconomic status, and catch up growth when in early childhood due to low birthweight. Rapid growth in childhood has been found to be related to chronic diseases at older ages. The Japanese experience shows the weakness of studies showing shorter people have higher CHD; for example, Mainland Japanese are shorter than Hawaiian Japanese and have substantially higher CHD. In addition, Hawaiian Japanese are shorter than Californian Japanese and have lower CHD.

On 2016 Jun 15, thomas samaras commented:

Many studies indicate that short, lean people have much lower risk of coronary heart disease compared to taller people. Scores of studies find either no relation between height and CHD or a positive relation between height and CHD. Studies finding taller height is related to increased CHD include the works of Shapiro, Mendall, Mori, Elsayed, Allebeck, Hameed and Gupta. Other studies have found taller people have higher rates of abdominal aortic aneurysm, arial fibrillation, thromboembolism and pulmonary infarction. The only populations that have been found to be free of CHD or stroke are Solomon islanders, Papua New Guinea, Kalahari bushmen, Congo pygmies, and Kitavans. These populations range from less than 5 feet to about 5 feet 6 inches. (These findings are based on 20th C studies.) A report by the World Cancer Research Fund found that the process of industrialization has increased our height, weight and chronic diseases (including CHD). This report also stated that the Western diet has promoted chronic diseases. Trowell and Burkitt also reported that pre-western populations following their traditional diets were free of major chronic diseases common in the West. The studies finding shorter people have more CHD are confounded by a number of factors, including overweight, smoking, diet,lack of exercise, socioeconomic status, and catch up growth when in early childhood due to low birthweight. Rapid growth in childhood has been found to be related to chronic diseases at older ages. The Japanese experience shows the weakness of studies showing shorter people have higher CHD; for example, Mainland Japanese are shorter than Hawaiian Japanese and have substantially higher CHD. In addition, Hawaiian Japanese are shorter than Californian Japanese and have lower CHD.