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Nutrition and pubertal development
Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2014 Nutrition is one of the most important factors affecting pubertal development. Puberty entails a progressive nonlinear process starting from prepubescent to full sexual maturity through the interaction and cooperation of biological, physical, and ...
Ashraf Soliman +2 more
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Salivary DNA methylation and pubertal development in adolescents [PDF]
Scientific ReportsIndividuals differ in when and how quickly they experience puberty, and these differences in pubertal development are associated with lifelong health and mortality. We conducted sex-specific epigenome-wide association analyses of salivary DNA-methylation
Abby J. deSteiguer +15 more
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Environmental factors trigger pubertal development. [PDF]
Curr Opin PediatrPurpose of review We provide an overview of the secular trend of earlier pubertal development, why there is a growing concern that environmental factors may be to blame, and how these factors may influence the developing reproductive axis.
Malave-Ortiz S, Grant C, Shaw ND.
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Association of height, foot length, and pubertal development in children aged 3–18: a cross-sectional survey in China [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthObjectiveThis study aimed to analyze the growth patterns of height and foot length (FL) among Chinese children aged 3–18 and examine their associations with puberty development.MethodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted in September 2022 in Beijing ...
Hua-Hong Wu +12 more
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Developmental brain changes during puberty and associations with mental health problems
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 2023 Background: Our understanding of the mechanisms relating pubertal timing to mental health problems via brain development remains rudimentary. Method: Longitudinal data was sourced from ∼11,500 children from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development ...
Niousha Dehestani +3 more
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Association between pubertal development and elevated blood pressure in children
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 2021 Blood pressure (BP) increased with age and height development, but little was known about the effect of pubertal development on blood pressure in children. A cross‐sectional study was performed among 4146 children aged 7–12 years old in China.
Yanhui Li +7 more
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Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 2023 The P300 event-related potential (ERP) has been extensively studied across the human lifespan. However, many studies examining age-related effects are cross-sectional, and few have considered the unique role that pubertal development may have on P300 ...
Nicholas J. Santopetro +3 more
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023 BackgroundThere is an increasing tendency toward early pubertal development, and sleep might be related to pubertal onset. We aimed to investigate the association of sleep duration and bedtime with early pubertal development.MethodsThis was a cross ...
Jingyi Tang +11 more
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Phthalates exposure and pubertal development in a 15-year follow-up birth cohort study in Taiwan
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023 PurposePhthalates are ubiquitous endocrine disruptors that can affect pubertal development in children. The association of fetal and childhood levels of phthalates with pubertal development were explored.MethodsWe conduct a population-based birth cohort ...
Pen-Hua Su +6 more
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Pubertal development and regulation [PDF]
The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 2016 Puberty marks the end of childhood and is a period when individuals undergo physiological and psychological changes to achieve sexual maturation and fertility. The hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis controls puberty and reproduction and is tightly regulated by a complex network of excitatory and inhibitory factors. This axis is active in the embryonic
Ana Paula, Abreu, Ursula B, Kaiser
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