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Global effects of income and income inequality on adult height and sexual dimorphism in height
American Journal of Human Biology, 2017 Average adult height of a population is considered a biomarker of the quality of the health environment and economic conditions. The causal relationships between height and income inequality are not well understood. We analyze data from 169 countries for
B. Bogin, C. Scheffler, M. Hermanussen
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Height, Health, and Inequality: The Distribution of Adult Heights in India [PDF]
American Economic Review, 2008 This paper explores the relationship between adult heights and the distribution of income across populations of individuals. There is a long literature that examines the relationship between mean adult heights and living standards. If adult height is set by the balance between food intake and charges to disease in early childhood, it is informative ...
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Letrozole Monotherapy in Pre- and Early-Pubertal Boys Does Not Increase Adult Height
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2019 Background: Aromatase inhibitors (AIs) have been used in boys with idiopathic short stature (ISS) to promote growth despite the lack of actual data regarding treatment effect on adult height.
Tero Varimo +6 more
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A chart to predict adult height from a child's current height
Annals of Human Biology, 2011 A child's adult height is commonly predicted using their target height, based on mid-parent height. However, if no growth disorder is suspected, the child's current height is a far better predictor of their adult height.To develop a chart to predict a child's adult height from their current height, adjusting for regression to the mean.Data from the ...
Tim J, Cole, Charlotte M, Wright
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The association between body height and longevity: evidence from a national population sample
Folia MorphologicaBACKGROUND: A wealth of research suggests that taller individuals are healthier and live longer than their shorter counterparts, although conflicting results have been reported.
Piotr Paweł Chmielewski
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Regional Differences in Adult Body Height in Kosovo [PDF]
Montenegrin Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 2019 Th is study aimed to test average body heights in both the male and females of Kosovo, as well as the diff erences in heights of both sexes in relation to the Kosovo administrative regions.
Bojan Masanovic +2 more
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Early Menarche is a Risk Factor for Short Stature in Young Korean Females: An Epidemiologic Study
JCRPE, 2019 Objective:To assess the association between age at menarche and adult height [and body mass index (BMI)] in young Korean females and also to investigate whether early menarche (
Sol Kang +4 more
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Endocrine Connections, 2020 Background: The precision of adult height prediction by bone age determination in children with idiopathic growth hormone deficiency (IGHD) is unk nown.
Thomas Reinehr +3 more
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Final adult height in long-term growth hormone-treated achondroplasia patients
European Journal of Pediatrics, 2017 The objective of this study was to evaluate the gain in final height of achondroplasia (ACH) patients with long-term growth hormone (GH) treatment. We analyzed medical data of 22 adult patients (8 males and 14 females) treated with GH at a dose of 0.05 ...
Daisuke Harada +12 more
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Height and glucose tolerance in adult subjects [PDF]
Diabetologia, 1991 In a prospective study concerning the pathogenesis of impaired glucose tolerance and Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus, 346 subjects with no clinical history of diabetes were given a standard 75 g oral glucose tolerance test. The expected positive associations between 120-min plasma glucose concentration and age and body mass index were ...
D C, Brown +8 more
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