Authors: Bentham, James, Cesare, Mariachiara Di, Stevens, Gretchen A., Zhou, Bin, Bixby, Honor, Cowan, Melanie J., Fortunato, Lea, Bennett, James E., Danaei, Goodarz, Hajifathalian, Kaveh, Lu, Yuan, Riley, Leanne M., Laxmaiah, Avula, Kontis, Vasilis, Paciorek, Christopher J., Riboli, Elio, Ezzati, Majid, Abdeen, Ziad A., Hamid, Zargar Abdul, Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M., Acosta-Cazares, Benjamin, Adams, Robert, Aekplakorn, Wichai, Aguilar-Salinas, Carlos A., Agyemang, Charles, Ahmadvand, Alireza, Ahrens, Wolfgang, Al-Hazzaa, Hazzaa M., Al-Othman, Amani Rashed, Raddadi, Rajaa Al, Ali, Mohamed M., Alkerwi, Ala'a, Alvarez-Pedrerol, Mar, Aly, Eman, Amouyel, Philippe, Amuzu, Antoinette, Andersen, Lars Bo, Anderssen, Sigmund A., Anjana, Ranjit Mohan, Aounallah-Skhiri, Hajer, Ariansen, Inger, Aris, Tahir, Arlappa, Nimmathota, Arveiler, Dominique, Assah, Felix K., Avdicova, Maria, Azizi, Fereidoun, Babu, Bontha V., Bahijri, Suhad, Balakrishna, Nagalla, Bandosz, Piotr, Banegas, Jose R., Barbagallo, Carlo M., Barcelo, Alberto, Barkat, Amina, Barros, Mauro V., Bata, Iqbal, Batieha, Anwar M., Batista, Rosangela L., Baur, Louise A., Beaglehole, Romdhane, Habiba Ben, Benet, Mikhail, Bernabe-Ortiz, Antonio, Bernotine, Gailute, Bettiol, Heloisa, Bhagyalaxmi, Aroor, Bharadwaj, Sumit, Bhargava, Santosh K., Bhatti, Zaid, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A., Bi, HongSheng, Yufang, Bjerregaard, Peter, Bjertness, Espen, Marius B., Bjorkelund, Cecilia, Blokstra, Anneke, Bo, Simona, Bobak, Martin, Boddy, Lynne M., Boehm, Bernhard O., Boeing, Heiner, Boissonnet, Carlos P., Bongard, Vanina, Bovet, Pascal, Braeckman, Lutgart, Bragt, Marjolijn C. E., Brajkovich, Imperia, Branca, Francesco, Breckenkamp, Juergen, Brenner, Hermann, Brewster, Lizzy M., Brian, Garry R., Bruno, Graziella, Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Bugge, Anna, Burns, C., Leon, Antonio Cabrera de, Cacciottolo, Joseph, Cama, Tilema, Cameron, Christine, Camolas, Jose, Can, Gunay, Candido, Ana Paula C., Capuano, Vincenzo, Cardoso, Viviane C., Carlsson, Axel C., Carvalho, Maria J., Casanueva, Felipe F., Casas, Juan-Pablo, Caserta, Carmelo A., Chamukuttan, Snehalatha, Chan, Angelique W., Queenie, Chaturvedi, Himanshu K., Nishi, Chen, Chien-Jen, Fangfang, Huashuai, Shuohua, Y. Z., Cheng, Ching-Yu, Chetrit, Angela, Chiolero, Arnaud, Chiou, Shu-Ti, Chirita-Emandi, Adela, Cho, Belong, Yumi, Christensen, Kaare, Chudek, Jerzy, Cifkova, Renata, Claessens, Frank, Clays, Els, Concin, Hans, Cooper, Cyrus, Rachel, Coppinger, Tara C., Costanzo, Cottel, Cowell, Chris, Craig, Cora L., Crujeiras, Ana B., D'Arrigo, d'Orsi, Eleonora, Dallongeville, Jean, Damasceno, Albertino, Damsgaard, Camilla T., Dankner, Dauchet, Luc, Backer, Guy De, Bacquer, Dirk De, Gaetano, Giovanni de, Hanauw, Stefaan De, Smedt, Delphine De, Deepa, Mohan, Deev, Alexander D., Dehghan, Abbas, Delisle, Helene, Delpeuch, Francis, Deschamps, Valerie, Dhana, Klodian, Castelnuovo, Augusto F. Di, Dias-da-Costa, Juvenal Soares, Diaz, Alejandro, Djalalinia, Shirin, Do, Ha T. 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Do Carmo, Oscar H., Frontera, Guillermo, Fuchs, Flavio D., Sandra C., Fujita, Yuki, Furusawa, Takuro, Gaciong, Zbigniew, Gafencu, Mihai, Gareta, Dickman, Garnett, Sarah P., Gaspoz, Jean-Michel, Gasull, Magda, Gates, Geleijnse, Johanna M., Ghasemian, Anoosheh, Giampaoli, Gianfagna, Giovannelli, Jonathan, Giwercman, Aleksander, Goldsmith, Rebecca A., Goncalves, Helen, Gross, Marcela Gonzalez, Rivas, Juan P. 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L., Kiechl, Stefan, Killewo, Japhet, Kim, Jeongseon, Klimont, Jeannette, Klumbiene, Jurate, Koirala, Bhawesh, Kolle, Elin, Kolsteren, Patrick, Korrovits, Koskinen, Seppo, Kouda, Katsuyasu, Koziel, Slawomir, Kratzer, Krokstad, Steinar, Kromhout, Daan, Kruger, Herculina S., Kubinova, Ruzena, Kujala, Urho M., Kula, Krzysztof, Kulaga, R. Krishna, Kurjata, Pawel, Kusuma, Yadlapalli S., Kuulasmaa, Kari, Kyobutungi, Catherine, Laamiri, Fatima Zahra, Laatikainen, Tiina, Lachat, Carl, Laid, Youcef, Lam, Tai Hing, Landrove, Orlando, Lanska, Lappas, Georg, Larijani, Bagher, Laugsand, Lars E., Bao, Khanh Le Nguyen, Le, Tuyen D., Leclercq, Lee, Jeonghee, Lehtimaki, Terho, Lekhraj, Rampal, Leon-Munoz, Luz M., Li, Yanping, Lilly, Christa L., Lim, Wei-Yen, Lima-Costa, M. Fernanda, Lin, Hsien-Ho, Xu, Linneberg, Allan, Lissner, Lauren, Litwin, Mieczyslaw, Liu, Jing, Lorbeer, Roberto, Lotufo, Paulo A., Lozano, Jose Eugenio, Luksiene, Dalia, Lundqvist, Annamari, Lunet, Nuno, Ma, Guansheng, Machado-Coelho, George L. L., Machi, Suka, Maggi, Stefania, Magliano, Dianna J., Maire, Bernard, Makdisse, Marcia, Malekzadeh, Reza, Malhotra, Rahul, Rao, Kodavanti Mallikharjuna, Malyutina, Sofia, Manios, Yannis, Mann, Jim I., Manzato, Enzo, Margozzini, Paula, Markey, Oonagh, Marques-Vidal, Pedro, Marrugat, Jaume, Martin-Prevel, Yves, Martorell, Reynaldo, Masoodi, Shariq R., Mathiesen, Ellisiv B., Matsha, Tandi E., Mazur, Artur, Mbanya, Jean Claude N., McFarlane, Shelly R., McGarvey, Stephen T., McKee, McLachlan, Stela, McLean, Rachael M., McNulty, Breige A., Yusof, Safiah Md, Mediene-Benchekor, Sounnia, Meirhaeghe, Aline, Meisinger, Christa, Menezes, Ana Maria B., Mensink, Gert B. 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Abstract: Being taller is associated with enhanced longevity, and higher education and earnings. We reanalysed 1472 population-based studies, with measurement of height on more than 18.6 million participants to estimate mean height for people born between 1896 and 1996 in 200 countries. The largest gain in adult height over the past century has occurred in South Korean women and Iranian men, who became 20.2 cm (95% credible interval 17.5–22.7) and 16.5 cm (13.3–19.7) taller, respectively. In contrast, there was little change in adult height in some s... (read more)

DOI: 10.17863/cam.36516 (Found 2 versions)