Accelerated skeletal maturation is associated with overweight and obesity as early as preschool age: a cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Dandan Ke (Author), Dajiang Lu (Author), Guang Cai (Author), Jing Zhang (Author), Xiaofei Wang (Author), Koya Suzuki (Author)
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• 出版: BMC, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Body mass index (BMI) and skeletal age (SA) are important indicators of individual growth and maturation. Although the results have not been unified, most studies indicated that accelerated skeletal maturation is associated with overweight/obesity. However, there have so far been...