The association between the body height and cardiovascular diseases: a retrospective analysis of 657,310 outpatients in Germany

Table 3 Association between body height and cardiovascular diagnoses

Disease	Women		Men
	OR (95% CI) per 10-cm increase in height*	P-values	OR (95% CI) per 10-cm increase in height*	P-values
Hypertension	0.97 (0.96–0.99)	< 0.001	0.99 (0.98–1.01)	0.116
Coronary heart disease	0.91 (0.89–0.93)	< 0.001	0.87 (0.85–0.88)	< 0.001
Atrial fibrillation and flutter	1.25 (1.22–1.28)	< 0.001	1.25 (1.23–1.28)	< 0.001
Heart failure	0.98 (0.96–1.00)	0.098	0.98 (0.96–1.00)	0.039
Ischemic stroke	0.94 (0.91–0.98)	0.002	0.90 (0.86–0.92)	< 0.001
Venous thromboembolism	1.23 (1.18–1.27)	< 0.001	1.24 (1.19–1.29)	< 0.001

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