Pubertal timing predicts leg length and childhood body mass index predicts sitting height in young adult men

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 452-457

  Lorentzon, Mattias ^a   Norjavaara, Ensio ^a   Kindblom, Jenny M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH CURVE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SITTING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; LEG BONES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PUBERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951578217     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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