In an odd piece of research released by British scientists yesterday, those women with shorter legs were found to have a higher risk of liver disease compared to women with longer legs. Note -- this is not really height, but leg length.

3,600 women were studied and the overall conclusion was one of higher liver damage the shorter the legs were. Previously, shorter leg length has been connected to diabetes and heart disease -- but not liver disease specifically.

The link was described in relation to how leg length's pointers to how well a person was nourished in early childhood. The researchers said "In particular, evidence shows that breast-feeding, high-energy intake at four years and childhood affluent socioeconomic position are all associated with longer adult leg length."

Interesting that something from early childhood can affect an organ's health so long after the fact, but there you have it.