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Short Stature and the Risk of Adiposity, Insulin Resistance, and Type 2 Diabetes in Middle Age

Keiko Asao, W.H. Linda Kao, Kesha Baptiste-Roberts, Karen Bandeen‐Roche, Thomas P. Erlinger, Frederick L. Brancati

Diabetes Care · 2006 · 150 citations · 31 references

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Abstract

Our study supports the hypothesis that adult markers of prepubertal growth, especially leg length-to-height ratio, are associated with adiposity, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes in the general U.S. population.

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