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Sui people are officially recognised people living in southwest China, but there has been a lack of genetic research, especially based on mitochondrial DNA data. To study the sequences and haplogroups of the mitochondrial DNA control region in a typical Sui population, with the aim of helping to promote the establishment of a forensic DNA analysis ...
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Context : Population-based cohort studies have been pivotal in establishing a number of nutrition-health interactions, especially in high-income settings. Less research is available from low- and middle-income countries due to the lack of detailed longitudinal data. Objective : To describe the use of prospectively collected longitudinal data from t...
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Background: James Tanner emphasised the "tempo" of growth, i.e. the adolescent spurt as summarised by its timing (age at peak velocity or APV) and intensity (peak velocity, PV).Aim: The paper applies the SITAR growth curve model to pubertal growth data with the aim of clarifying the growth pattern across multiple measurements and the spectrum of AP...
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Background: Highly consistent positive associations are reported between infancy growth and later obesity risk. However, it is unclear whether infancy growth parameters beyond body weight add to the prediction of later obesity risk. Aim: To assess whether infancy length and skinfold thicknesses add to infancy weight in the prediction of childhood a...
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Background: Stress experienced by mothers during pregnancy can have both immediate and long-term effects on child development, potentially mediated by breastfeeding.Aim: Using a UK birth cohort study, we asked how maternal stress relates to breastfeeding and consequences for growth and puberty onset.Subjects and methods: We analysed data from the A...
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Background: Weight can be adjusted for height using the Benn parameter (kg/mB), where B is the power that minimises the correlation with height.Aim: To investigate how the Benn parameter changes across age (10-65 years) and time (1956-2015) and differs between sexes.Subjects and methods: The sample comprised 49,717 individuals born in 1946, 1958, 1...
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Background: Linkage of administrative data sources provides an efficient means of collecting detailed data on how individuals interact with cross-sectoral services, society, and the environment. These data can be used to supplement conventional cohort studies, or to create population-level electronic cohorts generated solely from administrative dat...
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Background: Rapid infant weight gain is a risk factor for childhood obesity. This relationship may depend on whether infant weight gain is preceded by in-utero growth restriction.Aim: Examine whether fetal growth modifies the relationship between infant weight gain and childhood adiposity and blood pressure.Subjects and methods: 786 children in the...
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In the fourth millennium BCE a cultural phenomenon of monumental burial structures spread along the Atlantic façade. Megalithic burials have been targeted for aDNA analyses, but a gap remains in East Anglia, where Neolithic structures were generally earthen or timber. An early Neolithic (3762-3648 cal. BCE) burial monument at the site of Trumpingto...
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Many statistical methods are available to model longitudinal growth data and relate derived summary measures to later outcomes. To apply and compare commonly used methods to a realistic scenario including pre- and postnatal data, missing data, and confounders. Data were collected from 753 offspring in the Southampton Women's Survey with measurement...
