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Mother’s age at menarche and offspring size

OBJECTIVE: An individual’s growth trajectory is, at least in part, inherited. Mother’s early age at menarche has been associated with taller offspring height and greater body mass index (BMI) at age 9 years, suggesting that mother’s age at menarche may be an intergenerational marker of growth. We ex...

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Autores principales: Basso, Olga, Pennell, Michael L, Chen, Aimin, Longnecker, Matthew P
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3005766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20548308
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2010.104