The risk factors for claudication are the same as those for developing atherosclerosis, including: 1  Smoking. 2  High cholesterol. 3  High blood pressure. 4  Obesity (a body mass index over 30) 5  Diabetes. 6  Age older than 70 years. 7  Age older than 50 years if you also smoke or have diabetes.
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Report Abuse. Under eating and under sleeping can, to some extent, stunt your height growth. Exercise does not help your height growth and smoking can actually reduce your potential height by a whole inch. You can see further tips in a web search to grow taller naturally. Wear clothes with vertical lines or striping. Vertical lines or stripping make a person appear thinner, and thinness in turn gives impression of more height. Wear shoes that will make you appear taller. If you are a female, this should be easy since you can find a lot of female shoes with 2 or 3 inchesâ heels.