People who develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are more likely to be shorter than the general population, a new study has found. Researchers in England say they found that people with COPD were, on average, around half an inch shorter than their peers. Experts say this height difference could be a marker of a poorer background, which is associated with periods of malnutrition as well as an increased chance they were raised around smokers.
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