Associations of childhood and adulthood height and the components of height with insulin-like growth factor levels in adulthood: A 65-year follow-up of the Boyd Orr cohort

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1382-1389

  Bray, Isabelle ^a,c   Gunnell, David ^a   Holly, Jeff M P ^b   Middleton, Nicos ^a   Smith, George Davey ^a   Martin, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Defence Analytical Services Agency   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 2; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADULT; AGING; CHILD; GROWTH; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; GROWTH; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 2; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 3; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOMATOMEDINS;

EID: 33646059545     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2005-1722     Document Type: Article

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