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Childhood conditions and adult height

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Henrik Hasle  and
Jesper L. Boldsen
Henrik Hasle
Affiliation:
Institute of Community Health, University of Odense, Denmark
Jesper L. Boldsen
Affiliation:
Institute of Community Health, University of Odense, Denmark
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Summary

Self-reported height and childhood conditions among 1711 Danish male general workers born between 1923 and 1940 were analysed. No significant associations were found between adult height and father's occupation, growing up with both parents, paternal unemployment, sickness among the parents, parents receiving disability pension, economical problems in childhood, area of residence in childhood, and years at school. The study therefore provides no support for the hypothesis that poor childhood conditions are the cause of low adult height in this socially very homogeneous sample.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , January 1991 , pp. 107 - 112
Copyright
Copyright © 1991, Cambridge University Press

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