Open AccessAssociations 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
Author(s) -
Isabelle Bray,
David Gunnell,
Jeff M.P. Holly,
Nicos Middleton,
George Davey Smith,
Richard M. Martin
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2005-1722
Subject(s) - medicine , anthropometry , confidence interval , cohort , endocrinology , body mass index , young adult , cohort study , risk factor , trunk , demography , biology , sociology , ecology
Taller individuals with longer legs have a higher risk of cancer but a lower risk of coronary heart disease.
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