Earlier Mother's Age at Menarche Predicts Rapid Infancy Growth and Childhood Obesity (2007)
Ken K Ong, Kate Northstone, Jonathan CK Wells, Carol Rubin, Andy R Ness, Jean Golding, ...
BackgroundEarly menarche tends to be preceded by rapid infancy weight gain and is associated with increased childhood and adult obesity risk. As age at menarche is a heritable trait, we hypothesised...
Common polymorphism in H19associated with birthweight and cord blood IGF-II levels in humans (2005)
Petry, Clive J, Ong, Ken K, Barratt, Bryan J, Wingate, Diane, Cordell, Heather J, Ring, Susan M, ...
Abstract Background Common genetic variation at genes that are imprinted and exclusively maternally expressed could explain the apparent maternal-specific inheritance of low birthweight reported in...
Common polymorphism in H19 associated with birthweight and cord blood IGF-II levels in humans
Petry, Clive J, Ong, Ken K, Barratt, Bryan J, Wingate, Diane, Cordell, Heather J, Ring, Susan M, ...
Common polymorphism in H19 associated with birthweight and cord blood IGF-II levels in humans
Petry, Clive J, Ong, Ken K, Barratt, Bryan J, Wingate, Diane, Cordell, Heather J, Ring, Susan M, ...
Earlier Mother's Age at Menarche Predicts Rapid Infancy Growth and Childhood Obesity
Ong, Ken K, Northstone, Kate, Wells, Jonathan CK, Rubin, Carol, Ness, Andy R, Golding, Jean, ...
Earlier age at menarche may be a transgenerational marker of faster growth, particularly during infancy, leading to taller childhood stature but earlier maturation and hence shorter adult stature.