Short people fare worse in ICUs: study
December 27, 2018 by Steven Reinberg, Healthday Reporter
(HealthDay)—Shorter patients in hospital intensive care units (ICUs) are more likely to die during treatment than taller ones, a new study suggests.
Among more than 400,000 critically ill adults, the shortest patients (4 feet, 6 inches) were 29 percent (men) and 24 percent (women) more likely to die in the hospital than the tallest—6 feet, 6 inches, the study found.
Among the tallest, the risk of dying in the hospital ranged from 21 percent for men and 17 percent for women.
The study does not prove height was totally responsible for the increase in deaths, only that the two appear to be linked.
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