Tall Men Research Articles

Gap Volume Based on Computed Tomography Measurement Is a Strong Risk Factor for Delayed Gap Healing After Open-Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy

To identify factors that affect delayed gap healing after open-wedge high tibial osteotomy (OWHTO) and to determine whether large gap volume is a predictor of delayed gap healing. This retrospective study analyzed biplane OWHTO performed between 2019 and 2023 for knee osteoarthritis or osteonecrosis. The minimum follow-up period was 1 year. Delayed gap healing was defined when the medial half of the osteotomy gap area had not reached the consolidation phase by 6 months after surgery based on anteroposterior knee radiographs. Gap volume was calculated from computed tomography images. Logistic regression was performed using body height, smoking, correction angle, hinge fracture, flange thickness, and gap volume. A gap volume cutoff value for delayed gap healing was determined with receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. Gap volume was predicted with multiple linear regression. There were 80 knees in 71 patients (36 men and 44 women). The mean gap volume was 7.6 cm3. Gap healing rates at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after surgery were 26%, 65%, 89%, and 100%, respectively. There were 25 knees with delayed gap healing. Male sex was not a significant risk factor when adjusted for body height. Multivariate logistic regression revealed that only larger gap volume was a significant risk factor (odds ratio, 1.45; P= .006). The gap volume cutoff value was 7.6 cm3, with an area under the curve of 0.74. Tall body height and a large correction angle (both P < .001) were associated with a significantly larger gap volume (R2= 0.73). Large gap volume is the most important risk factor for delayed gap healing after OWHTO. Gap volume can be predicted based on body height and correction angle. When OWHTO with substantial correction is planned for tall men, surgeons should be aware of possibly delayed gap healing. Level IV, retrospective case-control study.

Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax In Healthy Tall and Thin Male Secondary to Smoking: A Case Report and Literature Review

Background: Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax (PSP) refers to the collapse of a lung without any underlying disease and is commonly observed in tall, thin young men, with smoking as an under-recognized risk factor. The management of PSP can vary significantly across different health centers. This case report highlights a young man with a pneumothorax without an underlying illness but has a smoking habit who initially gets treatment with an insertion of a chest tube.Case: This study focused on a 19-year-old man complaining of sudden right chest pain. The patient was a smoker for the past four years, and the examination showed hypersonic and vesicular loss on the right side. The laboratory tests revealed normal limits, and the sputum indicated the absence of tuberculosis. Chest X-ray showed an avascular radiolucent area in the right lung, and a Chest CT scan confirmed the presence of a hypodense area of air density in the right hemithorax. Right PSP was diagnosed and managed using a chest tube drainage on admission. After four days of treatment, he exhibited improvement and was discharged. A recurrence of pneumothorax was not discovered in the subsequent six-month follow-up period.Conclusion: Despite being a rare disorder, PSP should be considered during the physical examination of patients. It is also important to reassess the risk factors that can contribute to the onset of pneumothorax. The clinicians should be able to identify PSP and emphasize tall, thin, and young men at greater risk of pneumothorax in a pulmonary emergency.

Rule of solus ipse in a Decaying World: Defying character of the American South in William Faulkner’s The Tall Men

A trope for the mode of individual self-expression analogous of the regional character(s) of the American South in William Faulkner’s short story, The Tall Men (1941), the rule of solus ipse corresponds to the state of individual in a fallen world of fears, anxieties, and uncertainties surmounted betwixt the World Wars. Binding Faulkner’s characterization with his contemporaneous literary equivalents of the era, ‘solipsism’ appeared as an existential niche of the defying character of the modern individual. As an epitome of devastated American South in successive periods of Reconstruction, progressive era and Great Depression, Faulkner’s fictional Yoknapatawpha, thus, both maps and transgresses the boundaries of his Southern stories to the extent his characters trespass the border between the individual and collective experience. Due to his joint literary appeal for gathering the local color with internationalism, studies on Faulkner’s writing have given utmost emphasis on his legacy in Modernist literature. This article aims to bring forth the defying character(s) of the American South in William Faulkner’s short story, The Tall Men, whose rule of solus ipse grounds the inbred resistance against the grain of the demise imposed by the Reconstruction and its succeeding era of progressivism and the Great Depression in American history.

Police-Specific physical performance of men and women with different body heights

Worldwide different criteria are used for dealing with body height as an access restriction for the police service, but none of the defined minimum heights is supported by scientific research. Therefore, the objectives of the present work were to analyse tall and short men and women on their police-specific physical performance and their interaction with police-related personal protective equipment (PPE) in police-specific situations. For this purpose, the entire work was divided into four sub-studies, which included both laboratory and field tests. Wearing PPE significantly ( p &lt; 0.05) reduced vertical jump performance independently of body height. Resilience to external forces (impacts) and pulling force in different grip heights were significantly ( p &lt; 0.05) reduced for shorter subjects. Short subjects needed significantly ( p &lt; 0.05) more time for rescuing and recovering a person from a car than tall subjects. These results provide evidence that taller subjects perform superior in police-specific scenarios.

The Interacting Effects of Height and Shoulder-to-Hip Ratio on Perceptions of Attractiveness, Masculinity, and Fighting Ability: Experimental Design and Ecological Validity Considerations.

Previous research has shown that men's height and upper body size are both associated with the perception of attractiveness, because they might be cues to men's genetic fitness, fighting ability, and resource holding power. However, the combined effects of men's height and upper body size have not been explored. In this research, across four studies (N = 659 heterosexual women), we systematically explored the perception of men's muscular upper body at different heights on perceptions of attractiveness, masculinity, and fighting ability. Women rated male stimuli with heights ranging from 160cm (5'3″) to 190cm (6'3″) and three values of shoulder-to-hip ratio (SHR). In general, results showed that women considered taller men and men with larger SHR as more attractive, masculine, and better in fighting ability. However, a robust interaction between height and SHR was dependent on participants being exposed to variation on both variables and the ecological validity of the stimuli (silhouettes vs. more realistic rendered figures).

Is paternal height related to fertility outcomes? Evidence from the Netherlands during the secular growth trend

Over the past two centuries, the Dutch experienced a tremendous secular trend in height, and ultimately became the tallest nation in the world. Improving environmental conditions likely played the largest role in explaining these developments. But it is not yet precisely clear what factor set the Dutch head and shoulders above other nations, who were also experiencing improving environmental conditions. Could fertility also have played a role? To understand this, we would first need to know whether height and fertility were related during the secular growth trend. In this study, we investigated whether this was the case. A sample of Dutch men, birth years 1850–1900 (n = 3396), was examined. We tested the extents to which height was associated with having a certain number of children, and with having a certain number of children survive infancy. Multinomial logistic regressions were used. In terms of findings, height’s relationship to fertility outcomes was curvilinear: being shorter-than-average (0.75–0.5 standard deviations below the mean height) was associated with a higher probability of being married and having five to seven children, while being moderately tall (0.5 standard deviations above the mean height) was associated with the lowest probability of being unmarried. There was no relationship between paternal height and children surviving infancy in the sample overall, but taller height was associated with a decreased risk of being in a high-mortality family among men born between 1880 and 1900. If paternal fertility played a role in the secular growth trend, we would expect to see very tall men have the most children, and clearly have the most children surviving infancy. Given this study’s findings, it is unlikely that this was the case.

THE WHITE COAT EFFECT LEVEL CORRELATED WITH LIFESTYLE COMPONENTS AND SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC DATA IN PATIENTS WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION

Objective: The aim of study was to define if the lifestyle components and socio-demographic data of patients with arterial hypertension (AH) may correlate with white coat effect (WCE) level. Design and method: We nalysed ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) data of 125 AH patients, who were treated with regular antihypertensive therapy. This study was prospective and included three visits every 3 months: 1 visit - screening, ABPM session; 2 - assessment of the patient’s status and the therapy effectiveness; 3- assessment of the patient’s status, ABPM session (the total ABPM number was 239). The WCE level was assessed as the difference between clinical BP measurement and mean daytime BP. We used ANOVA for statistical analysis. Results: The initial mean daytime BP was (M ± SD): systolic (SBP) - 123.2 ± 11.2; diastolic (DBP) - 73.0 ± 6.9 mm Hg. The mean age of the patients was 62.2 ± 8.7. We found relationships between the lifestyle components and WCE: 1) alcohol intake level had negative correlations with systolic WCE (SWCE) (F = -5.7 p &lt; 0.0002) and diastolic WCE (DWCE) (F = -4.0, p &lt; 0.001) levels; 2) smoking intensity had negative correlations with SWCE (F = -4.9 p &lt; 0.001) and DWCE (F = -3.1 p &lt; 0.002). We have identified that age and duration of AH were associated with SWCE (r = 0.23, p &lt; 0.0003 and r = 0.14, p &lt; 0.03 respectively), also height and body mass index (BMI) had negative correlations with DWCE (r = -0.27, p &lt; 0.01) levels. Education level (F = 2.7, p &lt; 0.042 for SWCE and F = 4.7, p &lt; 0.003 for DWCE), marital status (F = 2.4, p &lt; 0.048 for SWCE,) and gender (F = 5.8, p &lt; 0.016 for SWCE and F = 9.2, p &lt; 0.003 for DWCE) were correlated with WCE: WCE was higher in women, widowers and unmarried persons without higher education (see table). Conclusions: Thus, increase of the alcohol intake and smoking intensity can lead to WCE reduction and the masked hypertension manifestation. Height and body mass index had negative correlations with WCE, age and duration of AH had positive association with WCE. Also, WCE was higher in women, widowers and unmarried persons without higher education. Probably, married young tall men with higher education have a tendency to the masked hypertension manifestation.

The mediation of matchmaking: a comparative study of gender and generational preference in online dating websites and offline blind date markets in Chengdu

Online dating has modernized traditional partner search methods, allowing individuals to seek a partner that aligns with their preferences for attributes such as age, height, location, or education. Yet traditional forms of partner selection still exist, with continued parental involvement in the matching process. In this paper, we exploit different matchmaking methods with varying degrees of youth autonomy versus parental involvement. We use a unique dataset collected in Chengdu, China, where profiles from the blind date market (n = 158) capture parental preferences and profiles from an online dating website (n = 500) capture individual preferences. Regarding gender, we find that men generally display a desire for women younger, shorter, and less educated than themselves, while women desire older and taller men of the same education as themselves. With regards to parental influences, we find parents specify a narrower range of accepted partner attributes. Further, we find an interaction effect between gender and generational influences: the preferences of parents advertising their daughters on the blind date market show a greater discrepancy in attribute preferences to the online daters than parents advertising their sons.

Cardiovascular mortality risk in young adults with isolated systolic hypertension: findings from population-based MONICA/KORA cohort study

The clinical significance of isolated systolic hypertension in young adults (ISHY) remains a topic of debate due to evidence ISHY could be a spurious condition resulting from exageratted pulse pressure amplification in “young tall men with elastic arteries”. Hence, we aimed to investigate whether ISHY is associated with an increased risk of cardivascular (CVD) mortality in a sample of 5597 young adults (49.8% men, 50.2% women) between 25 and 45 years old from the prospective population-based MONICA/KORA cohort. ISHY was prevalent in 5.2% of the population, affecting mostly men (73.1%), and associated with increased smoking, obesity, and hypercholesterolemia in comparison to participants with normal blood pressure (BP). Within a follow-up period of 25.3 years (SD ± 5.2; 141,768 person–years), 133(2.4%) CVD mortality cases were observed. Participants with ISHY had a hazard ratio (HR) of 1.89(1.01–3.53, p < 0.05) times higher risk of CVD mortality than participants with normal BP, even following adjustment for CVD risk factors. However, adjustment for antihypertensive medication (HR 0.46; 0.26–0.81, p < 0.001) and increasing height (HR 0.96; 0.93–0.99, p < 0.05) revealed independently protective effects against CVD mortality, suggesting that although ISHY is associated with an increased risk of CVD mortality, the protective effects of increasing height or antihypertensive medication should be considered in treatment rationale.

Adult height and incidence of atrial fibrillation and heart failure in older men: The British Regional Heart Study.

AimsTaller stature has been associated with increased risk of atrial fibrillation (AF). AF and heart failure (HF) often co-occur but the association between height and risk of HF in older adults has not been well studied. We have examined the association between height and incident AF and incident HF in older adults.MethodsProspective study of 3346 men aged 60–79 years with no diagnosed HF, myocardial infarction or stroke at baseline (1998–2000) followed up for a mean period of 16 years, in whom there were 294 incident HF cases and 456 incident AF. Men were divided into 5 height groups: <168.2, 168.2–172.5, 172.6–176.9, 177.0–183.0 and >183.0 cms based on the 25th, 50th, 75th and 95th centiles distribution of height.ResultsCVD risk factors tended to decrease with increasing height but a positive association was seen between height and electrocardiographic QRS duration and incident AF. Both short stature (<168.2 cm) and tall stature (>183.0 cm) was associated with significantly increased risk of HF in age-adjusted analysis compared to those in the second height quartile [HR (95 %CI) = 1.62 (1.15, 2.26) and 2.04 (1.23, 3.39) respectively]. In short men the increased risk remained after adjustment for adverse CVD risk factors; in tall men the association was largely associated with AF and QRS duration.ConclusionTall stature is associated with significantly increased risk of AF leading to increased risk of HF. Short stature was associated with increased HF risk which was not explained by known adverse CVD risk factors.

Correlation with spontaneous pneumothorax and weather change, especially warm front approaching.

BackgroundPrimary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) occurs more frequently in young, tall men, with approximately 10,000 times video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) annually in Japan is undergoing for surgical treatment. The underlying mechanisms remain unclear, but several reports have suggested correlation with weather conditions. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between onset of PSP and changes in weather.MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed data from 112 patients who underwent VATS for PSP in Iwate, Japan from 1 January 2010 to 14 June 2020. Of the 3,818 days in this study period, the day on which the patient became aware of symptoms was classified as the PSP onset day (n=112), and all others were classified as PSP non-onset day (n=3,706). Meteorological data were collected from airbase station using an online source for the same place and same time. Logistic regression modeling was used to obtain predicted risks for the onset of PSP with respect to weather conditions.ResultsAmong the meteorological parameters, significant differences were mainly found at 2 days before onset for increasing average temperature [odds ratio (OR): 1.97, P=0.018], minimum temperature (OR: 1.97, P=0.018), average humidity (OR: 1.58, P=0.043), and decreased the sunshine time (OR: 2.26, P=0.012). No significant difference was observed in atrophic pressure at 2 days before onset.ConclusionsOnset of PSP may correlate with the increased temperature and humidity, seen with an approaching of warm front.

Height and marital outcomes in the Netherlands, birth years 1841-1900

Adult body height appears to be significantly associated with marital outcomes: taller men across contexts have been found to be more likely to be married, and more likely to be married at younger ages. We are interested in exploring both outcomes individually and simultaneously, while using an unique, individual-level dataset of Dutch men and their brothers born between 1841 and 1900. To do so, we exploit survival models and cure models. While survival models yield a single estimate for the hazard (or age at) marriage, cure models yield two: one for the likelihood of marriage, and one for the hazard of first marriage. Cure models thus account for selection into marriage, while survival models do not. We find that, in the survival analyses, being in the shortest 20 % of heights is associated with later ages of marriage, relative to being average height. However, when we account for selection into marriage with cure models, we find that height is no longer associated with age at marriage. Instead, we see that height is associated with the likelihood of being married, with being in the bottom 20 % of heights associated with a 56.1 % decreased likelihood of being married, relative to being average height. We therefore conclude that height may be a gatekeeper for access to marriage, but it appears that other factors – likely related to the ability to set up an independent household – are more important in determining the timing of marriage for our research population.

Assortative Marriage for Height–BMI in an Israeli Sample

Numerous studies have demonstrated that in western societies women are perceived as more attractive with weight drop (proxied by the BMI measure, where BMI =, while men are perceived as more attractive with height rise. The objective of this study is to test the hypothesis that as BMI rises for a woman, she has to compromise and marry shorter men. The study is based on the 2016 wave of the Israeli longitudinal survey. We observe the cross-sectional correlation between the married couples' height, weight, BMI, age, number of children, and proxies for accumulated wealth. The first part of the analysis tests the research hypothesis directly, while the second part of the analysis adds control variables. Research findings support the research hypothesis. Under equal conditions, the projected drop in the height of the male’ corresponds to an increase in the female’s BMI and age. Moreover, research findings may support the conclusion that taller men are more successful. The outcomes suggest positive association between the height of the men, and owning a car, having children, and living in a single family detached unit.

CQUIN for lower limb wounds

Journal of Prescribing PracticeVol. 2, No. Sup8 Management of Leg UlcersCQUIN for lower limb woundsKaren StainesKaren StainesE-mail Address: [email protected]Director of Education and Research/Clinical Lead: Wound Care, Accelerate CICSearch for more papers by this authorKaren StainesPublished Online:18 Aug 2020https://doi.org/10.12968/jprp.2020.2.Sup8.3AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail View article References Academic Health Science Network (AHSN). National Wound Care Strategy Programme. 2019. https://www.ahsnnetwork.com/about-academic-health-science-networks/national-programmes-priorities/national-wound-care-strategy-programme (accessed 5 June 2020) Google ScholarBritish Lymphology Society. 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Height, body mass index and prostate cancer risk and mortality by way of detection and cancer risk category.

Obesity is a risk factor for advanced, but not localised, prostate cancer (PCa), and for poor prognosis. However, the detection of localised PCa through asymptomatic screening might influence these associations. We investigated height and body mass index (BMI) among 431 902 men in five Swedish cohorts in relation to PCa risk, according to cancer risk category and detection mode, and PCa-specific mortality using Cox regression. Statistical tests were two-sided. Height was positively associated with localised intermediate-risk PCa (HR per 5 cm, 1.03, 95% CI 1.01-1.05), while overweight and obesity were negatively associated with localised low- and intermediate-risk PCa (HRs per 5 kg/m2 , 0.86, 95% CI 0.81-0.90, and 0.92, 95% CI 0.88-0.97). However, these associations were partially driven by PCa's detected by asymptomatic screening and, for height, also by symptoms unrelated to PCa. The HR of localised PCa's, per 5 kg/m2 , was 0.88, 95% CI 0.83 to 0.92 for screen-detected PCa's and 0.96, 95% CI 0.90 to 1.01 for PCa's detected through lower urinary tract symptoms. BMI was positively associated with PCa-specific mortality in the full population and in case-only analysis of each PCa risk category (HRs per 5 kg/m2 , 1.11-1.22, P for heterogeneity = .14). More active health-seeking behaviour among tall and normal-weight men may partially explain their higher risk of localised PCa. The higher PCa-specific mortality among obese men across all PCa risk categories in our study suggests obesity as a potential target to improve the prognosis of obese PCa patients.

Height and Adult Alcohol Consumption

Previous research has found that shorter men have significantly worse life outcomes than taller men. Using the 1979 version of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this paper uses maximum likelihood estimations to test whether these worse outcomes translate into shorter men drinking more heavily. Results show that, at ages 29–47, taller men are more likely to drink alcohol, but among drinkers, shorter men drink more often and are more likely to binge drink. Among women, there is no significant relationship between height and alcohol consumption. There are different relationships between height and male alcohol consumption according to education level. Among non-college-graduate men, those who were taller in adolescence are more likely to drink alcohol, but among drinkers, shorter men drink more often and are more likely to binge drink. Among college-graduate men, taller men are more likely to drink alcohol and, among drinkers, binge drink more often. Controlling for earnings, education, cognitive ability, and marital status (factors that previous research has found to be correlated with male height) explains some of the relationship between height and alcohol consumption among male non-college-graduates, but not much, and actually intensifies relationships between height and binge drinking among male college graduates. Controlling for late-adolescent drinking behavior does not explain relationships between height and heavier adult drinking, indicating that the relationship between male height and drinking behavior develops in adulthood.

Early Results From the ‘Diggers to Veterans’ Longitudinal Study of Australian Men who Served in the First World War. Short- and Long-Term Mortality of Early Enlisters

&#x0D; &#x0D; &#x0D; As the world marks the centenaries of the First World War, we still know remarkably little about the life course effects of military service. This paper reports on the first iteration of a cradle-to-grave dataset of men who enlisted and served overseas in the First World War from the state of Victoria, Australia. It examines mortality during military service and in civilian life and finds that mortality in both cases was strongly correlated with individual characteristics. Tall men and young single men were more likely to die in the war. In civilian life, mortality followed closely the pattern for Australian men, and was again highly correlated with individual characteristics and social class.&#x0D; &#x0D; &#x0D;

A novel FLCN mutation in family members diagnosed with primary spontaneous pneumothorax.

BackgroundPrimary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) is a disease characterized by the accumulation of air in the pleural space between the lung and thoracic wall. It is more common in young, tall, thin, and asthenic men. A family history was reported for approximately 11.5% of individuals admitted with PSP. The literature has reported cases diagnosed with familial PSP, who have no manifestations of Birt–Hogg–Dubé (BHD) syndrome but mutations in different exons of the Folliculin (FLCN) gene. The aim of this study is to present a Turkish family in which 13 members from three generations of the same family developed recurrent isolated spontaneous pneumothorax with a novel mutation in the FLCN.MethodsA male proband was diagnosed with spontaneous pneumothorax in the emergency department of the University of Health Sciences Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey. His 12 relatives from three generations diagnosed with PSP, as revealed by his family history, were invited to the hospital to give blood samples for mutation analysis. The Sanger sequence data of FLCN were analyzed on the ENSEMBL website using SeqScape 3 and Codon Aligner software.ResultsA novel heterozygous mutation c. 1273C>T (p.Gln425Ter) was detected in exon 11 of the FLCN, which caused PSP in the proband and his 12 relatives tested using Sanger sequencing.ConclusionWe found that a heterozygous mutation in exon 11 of FLCN c. 1273C>T (p.Gln425Ter), which was identified for the first time in our study, might cause isolated familial spontaneous pneumothorax.

Short Stature is Associated with Increased Risk of Dyslipidemia in Korean Adolescents and Adults

Adults with short stature have been previously reported to have increased risk of cardiovascular events and hyper-LDL-cholesterolemia. We aimed to assess the association between height and lipid profiles among Korean adolescents and adults. We analyzed data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2007 to 2015, from 37,889 individuals (aged 12–59 years). In adolescents, total cholesterol (TC) and low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) levels had profound associations with height in both boys and girls, while high density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) levels had an inverse association with height only in boys. Height was inversely associated with TC, triglycerides (TG), and LDL-C concentrations in men and women and positively correlated with HDL-C concentration in women. In boys, the odds ratios (ORs) for hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, hyper-LDL-cholesterolemia were higher for shorter subjects (ORs = 2.38~7.01), while only the OR of hyper-LDL-cholesterolemia was significantly higher in girls with short stature (OR = 3.12). In adults, the ORs for hypercholesterolemia, hypo-HDL-cholesterolemia, and hyper-LDL-cholesterolemia were significantly higher in short subjects than in tall subjects after controlling for covariates (ORs = 1.50~2.61). Also, short men showed significantly higher ORs for hypertriglyceridemia (OR = 1.85) than tall men. Short stature was significantly associated with adverse lipid profiles in both adolescents and adults.

Body height as a social signal

Body height has a signaling function among social mammals. Humans also perceive physical size as a signal and tend to associate stature and status. Taller men are perceived as more competent and authoritative. Studies in wild Kalahari male meerkats (Suricata suricatta) suggest that dominance itself can be a stimulus for growth allowing for competitive growth and strategic growth adjustments. Assuming that similar mechanisms on the control of growth are also relevant for humans, our understanding of the shortness of many Third World populations has to be revised. Short stature may no longer be exclusively understood as an expression of poverty, chronic malnutrition and poor health but as an expression of persistent feelings of inferiority and patronization in the face of the global spread and dominance of Western life and moral codes.