BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE There is disagreement whether shorter persons suffer increased rates of coronary heart disease (CHD) or stroke. Potential mechanisms for such associations are not well understood. We used findings from a cohort study, in which 10 000 Israeli men were followed up, to examine the associations between stature and fatal CHD as well as fatal stroke. METHODS The cohort was co...

BACKGROUND Estimation of the nares-to-epiglottis and nares-to-vocal cords distances would facilitate the selection of properly sized nasopharyngeal airways and appropriate positioning of a fibreoptic bronchoscope in young children. The purposes of this study were to measure the nares-to-epiglottis and nares-to-vocal cords distances and to create an algorithm to predict these distances based on ...

BACKGROUND Assessment of pubertal stages should be related to updated and reliable referance data from the same background population. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to provide normative data for the onset and tempo of puberty in Turkish girls and analyze the growth parameters in puberty. METHODS The analyses are based on data that were collected and evaluated biannually on 1020 Turkis...

Received 24 February 1995 Revised version accepted for publication 25 May 1995 Abstract This report describes a 12 year 10 month old girl with short stature and a non-mosaic 46,X,Xp + karyotype. Her height remained below -2 SD of the mean, and her predicted adult height (143 cm) was below her target height (155.5 cm) and target range (147-5 cm-163-5 cm). Cytogenetic and molecular studies showed...

W Heberden w a s a n o t h e r i l l u s t r i o u s B r i t i s h Phys ic ian . The h igh regard with which he was held is best reflected in Dr. Samuel Johnson d e s c r i b i n g h i m a s “Ultimus Romanorum’ (the last of the learned physicians).1 Heberden is considered the founder of rheumatology.1 Heberden was the son of an innkeeper. He attended a school t h a t p r o v i d e d f r e e edu...

A prospective study was carried out to establish normative data for splenic dimensions in North Indian population and their correlation with physical standard on abdominal CT of 21 patients aged between 20 and 70 years having no splenic disorders. Splenic volume was measured by two methods-volume and surface rendering technique of Able 3D doctor software and prolate ellipsoid formula. Volumes m...

OBJECTIVE The efficacy and safety of height-limiting therapy with high-dose 17beta-oestradiol in girls with constitutionally tall stature (CTS) are controversial. We evaluated the effectiveness of high-dose 17beta-oestradiol in premenarchal girls with CTS treated until their bone age reached 14 years. DESIGN We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of the girls managed between 1989 and...

Anthropometry measurements, such as height and weight, have recently been used to predict poorer birth outcomes. However, the relationship between maternal height and birth outcomes remains unclear. We examined the effect of shorter maternal height on low birth weight (LBW) among 17,150 pairs of Japanese mothers and newborns. Data for this analysis were collected from newborns who were delivere...

It is more than a decade since scientists are making use of sympathetic skin response (SSR) as a clinical and research method to evaluate sympathetic nervous system. A major portion of the efferent pathway of this response is composed of non-myelinated nerves. Thus, the latency of the response may be significantly different in normal individuals with different height and limb lengths. This stud...