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The effects of adult-type hypolactasia on body height growth and dietary calcium intake from childhood into young adulthood: a 21-year follow-up study--the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Pediatrics - 1 Oct 2006
Lehtimäki Terho, Hemminki Jukka, Rontu Riikka, Mikkilä Vera, Räsänen Leena, Laaksonen Marika, Hutri-Kähönen Nina, Kähönen Mika, Viikari Jorma, Raitakari Olli
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The effect of adult-type hypolactasia, caused by the lactase-phlorizin hydrolase C/C-13910 genotype, on growth is unknown. We studied whether this polymorphism was associated with body height growth, the use of milk products, or dietary calcium intake. METHODS: A prospective cohort study was performed among 3596 randomly selected Finnish children and adolescents (3-18 years of age) in 1980, with...
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