Associations between life course longitudinal growth and hip shapes at ages 60 to 64 years: evidence from the MRC National Survey of Health and Development
Katherine A. Staines,
Fiona R. Saunders,
Alex Ireland
et al.
Abstract:We sought to examine associations between height gain across childhood and adolescence with hip shape in individuals aged 60-64 years from the MRC National Survey of Health and Development, a nationally representative British birth cohort. Height was measured at ages 2, 4, 6, 7, 11 and 15 years, and self-reported at age 20 years. Ten modes of variation in hip shape (HM1-10), described by statistical shape models, were previously ascertained from DXA images taken at ages 60-64 years. Associations between (1) he… Show more
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