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An increase in the developmental tempo affects the secular trend in height in male Austrian conscripts birth cohorts 1951-2002.

Sylvia KirchengastAlfred JuanThomas WaldhoerLin Yang
Published in: American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council (2022)
The increasing trend in height slows at the end of the 20th century, the developmental tempo at the population level, however, continued to increase. The difference in mean height between 17 and 18 years old narrowed, which may indicate that young men reached their final height earlier.
Keyphrases
  • body mass index
  • middle aged
  • gestational age