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New research shows that in a crash, car or automobile air bags may increase the risk of serious injury for short or tall front-seat passengers.

The study by Craig Newgard, of Oregon Health & Science University, is due presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, in Chicago, this week.

Newgard based his results on an analysis of injury statistics for the period 1995-2005, from a motor vehicle crash database.

The database shows that during the years studied, 52,552 drivers and 14,732 passengers were involved in crashes. Most of those people were not seriously injured, but 2.5% of the drivers and 2.6 percent of the passengers sustained serious injuries to any part of the body.

Newgard reviewed data on the drivers' and passengers' height and weight, air bags, and 10 factors about the crash.

Significant findings were that air bags were "modestly protective" for front-seat passengers of medium height, - between 5 foot 3 inches tall to 5 foot 11 inches tall. However, it was seen that "air bags appear to increase the risk of injury for large- and small-stature adults."

In addition, Newgard calculated that for drivers taller than 6 foot 3 inches, air bags were associated with a 5 percent greater risk of serious injury. He also estimated that for drivers shorter than 4 foot 11 inches, air bags were associated with a 4 percent increase in the risk of serious injury.

Weight was not observed to affect the results, Newgard noted.

Yet, Newgard's study does not provide information on how far the drivers and passengers were seated from the air bags in the crashes.

Distance from the air bag is the most important factor in preventing air bag injuries, according to the web site of the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA).

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