The target adult height was calculated as described by Luo et al., 17,18 with the addition of 0.7 cm to the height for boys and 1.0 cm to the height for girls because of trends over time, as 45.99 ...

The mean peak height velocity during the pubertal growth spurt was not significantly higher in the growth hormone–treated children (8.8 cm per year for boys and 7.8 cm per year for girls) than ...

The Netherlands maintains its leading position, with an average height of 182.54 cm, more than 10 centimeters above the world average. Just behind the Dutch are the Belgians (181.70 cm), Estonians ...

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By adding the child's present height to how many centimeters (cm) the child has to grow, the authors were able to predict the final height of boys within a 5.4 cm range and a 6.8 cm range for girls.

Adult human height is one of the classical complex human traits1. We searched for sequence variants that affect height by scanning the genomes of 25,174 Icelanders, 2,876 Dutch, 1,770 European ...