Pubertal pathways and the relationship to anthropometric changes in childhood The Fels longitudinal study 外文参考文献.docVIP

Open Journal of Pediatrics, 2012, 2, 118-126 OJPed /10.4236/ojped.2012.22020 Published Online June 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ojped/) Pubertal pathways and the relationship to anthropometric changes in childhood: The Fels longitudinal study Wen Wan, Xiaoyan Deng, Kellie J. Archer, Shumei S. Sun * Department of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA * Email: ssun@ Received 21 February 2012; revised 21 April 2012; accepted 2 May 2012 ABSTRACT Keywords: Adrenarche; Gonadarche; Children Obesity; Body Mass Index (BMI); BMI z-Score Objective: T