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Shorter people fare worse in ICU, researchers unsure why
Shorter patients in hospital intensive care units, or ICUs, are more likely to die during treatment than taller ones, a new study suggests. Among more than 400,000 critically ill adults, the shortest patients (4 feet, 6 inches) were 29 percent (men) and 24 percent (women) more likely to die in the hospital than the tallest -- 6 feet, 6 inches, the study found.
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