Does adult height predict later mortality?: Comparative evidence from the Early Indicators samples in the United States.

ABSTRACT: In this paper, I supplement widely used demographic data on white veterans of the Union Army with large and newly collected data on blacks and urban white veterans to explore the question of whether adult height predicts late-life mortality at the individual level. The data are partitioned into four demographic groups based on individual characteristics at the time of enlistment: white veterans enlisting in rural areas, mid-size cities, and large cities, and African-American veterans of the U.S. Colored Troops (USCT). Across the three groups of white veterans, mean height is positively associated with life expectancy at age 60, while both mean height and life expectancy for black veterans are very close to levels measured among the highly urbanized white veterans. I examine whether these g

SUBMITTER: Wilson SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7207258 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature