HbA1c and height loss among Japanese workers: A retrospective study

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 18; no. 10; p. e0291465
• Main Authors: Shimizu, Yuji, Hayakawa, Hidenobu, Honda, Eiko, Sasaki, Nagisa, Takada, Midori, Okada, Takeo, Ohira, Tetsuya, Kiyama, Masahiko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Francisco Public Library of Science 05.10.2023; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Age; Analysis; Biology and life sciences; Blood pressure; Body height; Cancer; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Cholesterol; Complications and side effects; Creatinine; Data collection; Degeneration; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Diagnosis; Disease prevention; Endothelium; Evaluation; Fractures; Glycosylated hemoglobin; Health aspects; Health risks; Hemoglobin; Hypertension; Intervertebral discs; Japan; Kidney diseases; Medicine and health sciences; Men; Metabolic disorders; Mortality; Osteoporosis; Risk factors; Stature; Type 2 diabetes; Women; Womens health; Workers; Working groups; Japan

Evaluating the risk of height loss could be an efficient way to evaluate endothelial health, which might be associated with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. Diabetes is an established risk factor both for intervertebral disk degeneration and osteoporosis-related fractures, which are major ris...