Age at menarche, the leg length to sitting height ratio, and risk of diabetes in middle-aged and elderly chinese men and women

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Conway, Baqiyyah N ^a   Shu, Xiao Ou ^a   Zhang, Xianglan ^a   Xiang, Yong Bing ^b   Cai, Hui ^a   Li, Honglan ^b   Yang, Gong ^a   Gao, Yu Tang ^b   Zheng, Wei ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT GROWTH; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCOME; LEG LENGTH; LEG LENGTH TO SETTING HEIGHT RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENARCHE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SITTING; SMOKING; SPORT; CHINA; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; INCIDENCE; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; CHINA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEG; MALE; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863376235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030625     Document Type: Article

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