The study by Dr. Abigail Fraser has affirmed that the people with shorter legs face increased risk of liver disease. The researchers in the study found that the liver enzyme levels indicate how well the liver works. According to the researchers, great level of liver enzymes may increase liver size, but the lower level of enzymes helps liver work more effectively.

Researchers conducted study on randomly selected 4300 women, aging between 60 - 79 from the British Women's Health and Heart study. These women came from 23 British Towns.

The researchers gauged the standing and seated height to include leg and trunk length and took blood samples in order to measure levels of four liver enzymes, ALT, GGT, AST and ALP. ALP is also an indicator of bone disease - osteoporosis.

Collecting info about women's medical history, lifestyle and social class, the researchers succeeded in collecting complete info only in the case of almost 3600 of the study subjects.

The results of the study revealed that the longer the leg length, the lower the levels of ALT, GGT, and ALP were. The subjects with longer legs had the lower levels of ALT. ALT and ALP were particularly high in the women with the short trunk lengths.

The authors of the study said, "Our interpretation of the results is that childhood exposures, such as good nutrition that influence growth patterns also influence liver development and therefore levels of liver enzymes in adulthood and/or the propensity for liver damage."

Thus, according to the researchers, people should have a healthy lifestyle right from the young age, so they could prevent fatty liver disease, which affects an estimated one in five people in UK.