@article{oai:nagasaki-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00001593,
 author = {Shimizu, Yuji and Yamanashi, Hirotomo and Noguchi, Yuko and Koyamatsu, Jun and Nagayoshi, Mako and Kiyoura, Kairi and Fukui, Shoichi and Tamai, Mami and Kawashiri, Shin-Ya and Arima, Kazuhiko and Maeda, Takahiro},
 issue = {2},
 journal = {Aging},
 month = {Jan},
 note = {Recent studies have revealed an inverse association between height and cardiovascular disease and that endothelial progenitor cells(CD34-positive cells) contribute to vascular maintenance, which is associated with cardiovascular disease. However,evidence of the association between height and CD34-positive positive cells among elderly participants is limited. 
To assess this association, we conducted a cross-sectional study of 231 elderly Japanese men aged 65-69. Since enhanced production of circulating CD34-positive cells in response to endothelial injury might act have a strong confounding effect 
on the association between height and circulating CD34-positive cells, the median value for the levels of these cells (0.93 cells/μL) was used to stratify the participants.Multivariable linear regression analysis demonstrated that height was significantly positively associated 
with circulating CD34-positive cells for those participants with low levels of circulating CD34-positive cells (n=114) 
but not for those with higher levels (n=117), with a multi-adjusted standardized parameter estimate (β) of 0.27 (p=0.008)
 for low and 0.11 (0.275) for higher circulating CD34-positive cell levels. The positive association is limited to participants with relatively low circulating CD34-positive cell levels, whose productivity of these cells is not activated. Our findings indicate that height is an indicator of vascular maintenance capability in elderly Japanese men., Aging, 11(2), pp.663-672; 2019},
 pages = {663--672},
 title = {Association between height and circulating CD34-positive cells taken into account for the influence of enhanced production among elderly Japanese men: a cross-sectional study},
 volume = {11},
 year = {2019}
}