Shorter than average adults are at a higher risk for obesity and are also more susceptible to diabetes and CVD, independent of BMI. In contrast, taller children have a higher risk of obesity. We hypothesised that short stature is related to adverse body composition and that the association between stature and obesity differs between generations. In a cross-sectional German database of 213 804 a...

AIM To study the etiological profile of short stature at a tertiary care hospital in north India. METHODS In this prospective study, 176 children with short stature were enrolled from January 2005 to December 2006. Appropriate screening and definitive tests were performed to establish the etiology of short stature. RESULTS Celiac disease (CD) emerged as the single most common (15.3%) cause ...

BACKGROUND Short stature affects approximately 2% of children, representing one of the more frequent disorders for which clinical attention is sought during childhood. Despite assumed genetic heterogeneity, mutations or deletions of the short stature homeobox-containing gene (SHOX) are found quite frequently in subjects with short stature. Haploinsufficiency of the SHOX gene causes short statur...

Stature estimation is an important process in human identification. The aim of the study was to derive regression formulae for stature from foot dimensions Uturu indigenes Abia State. sample consists 150 subjects comprising 69 males and 81 females between 18 50 years age. parameters measured were age, stature, length width. mean width 29.78 ±1.08 years, 1738.26 ±9.34 mm, 261.53 ±2.01 84.53 ±0.9...

We report an 18-yr-old Japanese boy with a 48,XXYY karyotype and extreme tall stature (194 cm). A GnRH test at 12.5 yr of age showed hypergonadotropism (LH, 4.2 → 72.2 mIU/mL; FSH, 28.9 → 61.7 mIU/mL), and an hCG test at 15.5 yr of age revealed a normal testosterone response (1.67 → 4.08 ng/mL). The tall stature is remarkable, because the mean adult height of Caucasian 48,XXYY patients is 181 c...

BACKGROUND Short stature has been associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), although the reason for the association remains unclear. Data on the relation between stature and stroke is more limited. We examined the association between stature and CHD as well as between stature and stroke in men and women from two communities in southeastern New England. METHODS Coronar...

Context: Recently, a quantitative trait locus for stature was reported on chromosome 3p26 in patients with type 2 diabetes. Objective: Given that ghrelin is a peptide involved in growth hormone release and located on 3p26, we hypothesized that variation within its gene (GHRL) it may be responsible for the quantitative trait locus on 3p26. Design: The evidence for linkage around GHRL was refined...

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of common causes of short stature in children presenting to the Children's Hospital & the Institute of Child Health, Multan. METHODOLOGY This cross sectional study was done in Pediatric Endocrinology department, the Children's Hospital & the Institute of Child Health, Multan, from March to September, 2011. One hundred and sixty nine children with short sta...

In the present study an attempt has been made to reconstruct stature on the basis of hand and foot measurements among Kayastha Community of Bundelkhand region of India. A total of 223 Kayastha (100 males and 123 females) ranging in age 20 to 40 years were measured for the Stature, Hand length, Hand breadth, Foot length and Foot breadth by following the standard technique. Data demonstrates that...

A sample of 166 normal adult males and females was taken from different colleges of Assiut representing those living in upper Egypt. Each subject has been studied for measurements of stature (S), hand length (HL) and hand breadth (HB). The data were statistically analysed in order to assess the relationship between stature and hand measurements. The correlation matrix of the study indicates clo...