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ey0019.11-10 | New predictors of obesity development | ESPEYB19

11.10. Neonatal and adolescent adipocytokines as predictors of adiposity and cardiometabolic risk in adolescence

Co Buck , N Li , CB Eaton , KT Kelsey , KM Cecil , HJ Kalkwarf , K Yolton , BP Lanphear , A Chen , JM Braun

Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USAcatherine.buck@yale.edu Obesity (Silver Spring). 2021 Jun;29(6):1036–1045. doi: 10.1002/oby.23160. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34029449/Brief Summary: This longitudinal study assessed the ass...

ey0015.5-9 | Life-long skeletal consequences of delayed puberty | ESPEYB15

5.9 Genetically Determined Later Puberty Impacts Lowered Bone Mineral Density in Childhood and Adulthood

DL Cousminer , JA Mitchell , A Chesi , SM Roy , HJ Kalkwarf , JM Lappe , V Gilsanz , SE Oberfield , JA Shepherd , A Kelly , SE McCormack , BF Voight , BS Zemel , SF Grant

To read the full abstract: J Bone Miner Res 2018;33:430-436Bone mass increases dramatically during puberty. The process of sexual maturation is therefore likely to impact lifelong bone health. Bone mineral density (BMD) tracks throughout life and later age at menarche is associated with increased osteoporosis risk in women, possibly because of combined effects of later menarche and lower peak bone ma...