People who develop chronic lung disease are more likely to be shorter in height than the general population, University of Nottingham researchers say. They looked at more than one million people aged over 35 for their study. They say those with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease （COPD） were 1.12cm shorter on average.
諾丁漢大學研究人員說，慢性肺病病患的身高比一般人矮。此一研究的對象是上百萬名35歲以上的人。研究人員說，有慢性阻塞性肺病 （COPD）的人，較平均身高矮1.12公分。
In the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, they write this lack of height may be a "marker" that people have come from a poorer background.
研究人員在流行病學與社區衛生期刊中寫道，身高不夠可能是來自較貧窮背景的標記。
They say that historical studies had shown a strong relationship between adult height and the risk of developing COPD but they wanted to test whether the effect remained today now that living conditions have improved.
他們說，歷史研究顯示，成人身高與罹患COPD的風險有強烈關係，但由於現在生活條件已經改善，他們希望測試這種影響是否還是存在。
The association between height and lung disease was strongest in people aged 35 to 49 years and decreased progressively with age. The smallest height difference was in the over 90s where the average difference was only 0.51cm.
身高與肺病的關聯在35歲到49歲族群最為強烈，此關聯會隨著年齡增長而遞減。90歲以上的人身高差異最小，平均差異只有0.51公分。
新聞辭典
population：名詞，人口。例句：The country is facing a population explosion.（這個國家正面臨人口爆炸。）
living：形容詞，活的、現存的、生活的。例句：He is probably the best known living architect.（他可能是仍在世的建築師中，最知名的一個。）
now that ：片語，既然。例句：Now that you are grown up, you should not rely on your parents.（你既然長大了，就不應該靠父母。）
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