A recent study revealed that taller people are less likely to develop health complications such as heart diseases, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, The Guardian reported.

They, however, have increased risk of peripheral neuropathy, skin and bone infections, according to the research conducted at the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center in the US.

The study, led by Sridharan Raghavan, revealed that a person's height raises and reduces their risk of a variety of diseases, as height is one of the factors associated with an array of common conditions including heart diseases and cancer.

"We found evidence that adult height may impact over 100 clinical traits, including several conditions associated with poor outcomes and quality of life – peripheral neuropathy, lower extremity ulcers, and chronic venous insufficiency," Raghavan told The Guardian.

"We conclude that height may be an unrecognised non-modifiable risk factor for several common conditions in adults."

Researchers have previously struggled to determine whether a person's height puts him or her to the health risks, or factors that affect height, such as nutrition, are more likely to be the reasons.

In the new study, published in the PLOS Genetics journal, researchers looked separately at the connections between different health conditions and a person's actual height, and connections to their predicted height based on their genetics, The Guardian reported.

Genetic and health information of more than 200,000 white adults and over 50,000 black adults from the VA Million Veteran Program were analysed in the largest study till date on connection between height and disease.

The researchers looked at more than 1,000 conditions and traits based on the information, and confirmed findings from previous smaller studies that being tall poses a higher risk of conditions such as atrial fibrillation and varicose veins, and a lower risk of coronary heart disease, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, The Guardian reported.

They also found being taller to be a factor behind higher risk of peripheral neuropathy, which is caused by damage to nerves on the extremities, and also of infections to skin and bone including leg and foot ulcers.

The researchers, however, noted that further studies on a more diverse international population were needed to clarify some of the findings.