Pubertal timing and bone phenotype in early old age: findings from a British birth cohort study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1113-1124

  Kuh, Diana ^a   Muthuri, Stella G ^a   Moore, Adam ^a   Cole, Tim J ^b   Adams, Judith E ^c   Cooper, Cyrus ^d   Hardy, Rebecca ^a   Ward, Kate A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Bone; Life course; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT GAIN; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; BONE GROWTH; BONE STRENGTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HIP; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MENARCHE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBERTAL TIMING; PUBERTY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TRABECULAR BONE; VOLUMETRY; ADOLESCENT; BODY WEIGHT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FRACTURE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHENOTYPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85007604586     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyw131     Document Type: Article

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