Relationship between sitting-height-to-stature ratio and adiposity in Brazilian women

Article Abstract:

Six hundred and sixty-nine women from Brazil aged 20-55years were studied through a cross-sectional design to explain the association between sitting-height-to-stature ratio (SHSR) and a variable of prepubertal environment, and levels of adiposity. The results revealed that high SHSR, was independently associated with adiposity in that group of Brazilian women and association was not attenuated by age, parity, schooling, or parental obesity.

Brazil, Health aspects, Women, Brazilians

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Height of US-born non-Hispanic children and adolescents ages 2-19, born 1942-2002 in the NHANES samples

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A study was undertaken to assess the relevance of height in non-Hispanic U.S.-born children during the period 1942-2002. Results showed that from the 1970s there has been a marked increase in the height of the children with the growth rate differing between boys and girls while genetics and family income were also partly responsible.

United States, Children, Genetic aspects, Americans

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Assortative mating by body height and BMI: Finnish Twins and their spouses

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The effect of phenotypic assortment and social Homogamy on spousal correlations for body height and body mass index (BMI) is analyzed. Results indicate that assortative mating needs to be considered in population genetic studies of body height and weight.

Phenotype, Phenotypes, Courtship of animals, Mating behavior, Genetic research, Body mass index, Mating behaviour

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