The higher the woman, the greater the risk of ovarian cancer

The higher the woman, the greater the risk of ovarian cancer

Here it is five diseases associated with height.

It turns out that not only the weight that could trigger the disease, height was associated with a variety of health problems.

Research conducted in the United States said, women have a higher increase of 10 different cancers, including breast cancer and skin cancer. Meanwhile, the increase in male height can trigger the risk of prostate cancer.

This is just one example of some of the diseases that are triggered from height. As reported by ABC News, here's five diseases associated with height:

1. Cancer
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, women are exposed to high risk of ovarian cancer, a disease that kills nearly 1,500 women in the United States (U.S.) each year. British researchers also reviewed data from 47 studies involving 100 thousand women. For every additional five centimeters in height, cancer risk rose to seven percent.

In July 2011, a study published in the Lancet Oncology mention, tall women have an increased risk of 10 different cancers, including breast cancer and skin cancer. Meanwhile, according to a study published in 2008 in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, men also have an increased risk of prostate cancer.

2. Heart disease
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S.. Around 616 thousand people die each year. A research review of 52 studies involving more than three million people. As a result, short people have a 50 percent higher risk of developing heart disease than people whose body lethal high.

3. Stroke
Such as heart disease, stroke risk was also more common in people short. A study in Israel said, of 10 thousand people, 364 of them died because of a stroke. The short man suffered a fatal stroke higher than a tall man.

4. Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's Association says, Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia in the elderly, which affects 5.4 million Americans. According to a 2007 study, the risk is also higher in people who are shorter.

The study compared 239 Alzheimer's patients with 341 healthy people. The results showed that men with more than five feet tall 10 inches has 59 percent less likely to develop the disease than men who are shorter five feet six inches. The study itself was published in the Journal of Alzheimer's.

5. Diabetes
When type 2 diabetes is associated with weight loss, then type 1 diabetes is associated with height. According to a 2002 study published in the journal Pediatrics, children usually affect higher risk of developing diabetes mellitus type 1, except in infancy or early adolescence.