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Birth order progressively affects childhood height.

Clinical endocrinology - 1 Sept 2013

Savage Tim, Derraik José G B, Miles Harriet L, Mouat Fran, Cutfield Wayne S, Hofman Paul L

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BACKGROUND: There is evidence suggesting that first-born children and adults are anthropometrically different to later-borns. Thus, we aimed to assess whether birth order was associated with changes in growth and metabolism in childhood. METHODS: We studied 312 healthy prepubertal children: 157 f...

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PMID: 23347499
DOI: 10.1111/cen.12156

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