The association between puberty timing and body mass index in a longitudinal setting: the contribution of genetic factors

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  • who: Karri Silventoinen from the Population Research Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, , Helsinki, Finland have published the article: The Association Between Puberty Timing and Body Mass Index in a Longitudinal Setting: The Contribution of Genetic Factors, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)
  • what: The authors aimed to analyze how the timing of puberty is associated with childhood BMI and BMI in adulthood using longitudinal twin datasets having puberty measures for both males and females. For breast cancer the associations were different and the study showed strong evidence for a direct causal effect of earlier . . .

     

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