04.03.2025New publication on height loss in Aging and Health Research

New publication in the journal Aging and Health Research on the association between height loss in adulthood and health in older age. Katarina Matthes and Kaspar Staub analysed data from the oldest ongoing cohort study, the amazing 1946 UK Birth Cohort (NSHD). Significant associations between height loss after age 36 and general health, chronic disease score (men), osteoarthritis (men), and walking pain at age 69 were found. As height loss seems to reflect deteriorating health with age, assessment of height loss could potentially be part of regular screening after the age of 40.