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Height loss in adulthood is associated with health outcomes in later life in men and women enrolled in the 1946 UK Birth Cohort (NSHD)

2023-11-05

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<h4>Objective</h4> To investigate the relationship between height in childhood and relative height loss in adult-hood, and to examine the association between height loss and health at age 69. <h4>Design</h4> Cohort study. <h4>Setting</h4> Data from one of the oldest ongoing cohort studies, the National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD, 1946 UK birth cohort) <h4>Participants</h4> 2,119 study participants who...

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Literature Corpus work: 9f54f1ae-f2a4-599f-857e-d5a5eebcffcd
DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.04.23298098

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