Children of low socioeconomic status show accelerated linear growth in early childhood; results from the Generation R Study.

Children of low socioeconomic status show accelerated linear growth in early childhood; results from the Generation R Study.

OBJECTIVES: People of low socioeconomic status are shorter than those of high socioeconomic status. The first two years of life being critical for height development, we hypothesized that a low socioeconomic status is associated with a slower linear growth in early childhood. We studied maternal edu...

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Main Authors: Lindsay M Silva, Lenie van Rossem, Pauline W Jansen, Anita C S Hokken-Koelega, Henriëtte A Moll, Albert Hofman, Johan P Mackenbach, Vincent W V Jaddoe, Hein Raat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3359354?pdf=render

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