Relationship between adult stature and timing of the pubertal growth spurt

Abstract

Various literature report that little or no correlation exists between adult stature (AS) and the timing of the pubertal growth spurt in stature. No direct linear relationship between AS and age at peak height velocity (PHV) was evident in the Hiroshima Growth Study sample. However, the partial correlation between AS and age at PHV was negative when stature at PHV was controlled. That is, AS and age at PHV negatively correlate with each other so that the older the age at PHV, the lower the AS when stature at PHV is statistically controlled. This is clearly shown by the scatter diagrams of AS and age at PHV. There is a similar relationship between AS and age at takeoff (or age at minimum height velocity). The stature increment during adolescence negatively correlates with age at PHV, and the stature increment highly correlates with length of adolescence. © 1996 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

Early stature prediction method using stature growth parameters

“…Preece and Baines's model 1 (PB1) (Preece and Baines 1978) and Jolicoeur-Pontier-Pernin-Sempe (JPPS) (Jolicoeur et al 1988) are stature growth models that have already been applied in several ethnic groups (Hauspie et al 1980;Qin et al 1996;Ledford and Cole 1998;Ward et al 2001). The models take the form,…”

“…A review of the literature indicates that some biological parameters, such as age at peak height velocity (PHV) and length of adolescence, have a linear relationship with final stature (Qin et al 1996). Although Ali and Ohtsuki (2001) developed an adult stature prediction model that included PHV as the most important variable, the PHV-dependent model is limited because growth prediction is only possible several years after the age of PHV has passed.…”

“…As a result of over 105 years of anthropological investigations, they reported that most of the acceleration in growth occurs before the age of 7 years and is critical for final stature. It is also reported that there is no direct linear relationship between final stature and age at PHV (Qin et al 1996), which also supports the justification of placing greater importance on TO-related variables than on PHV in this study.…”

Relationships among tempo of maturation, midparent height, and growth in height of adolescent boys and girls

“…There are many reports indicating no relationship between adult stature and the timing of the adolescent growth spurt (Bilewicz and McGregor, 1982;Zacharias and Rand, 1982;Prader, 1984;Tanner, 1989;Bielicki and Hauspie, 1994;Beunen et al, 1994;Qin et al, 1996). Genetic control of the tempo of maturation appears to be independent of genetic control of final stature.…”

Secular trends for takeoff and maximum adolescent growth for eight decades of Japanese cohort data

“…The majority of approaches has been based on some form of parametric model. Several have been proposed (Israelsohn, 1960;Marubini, et al, 1972;Bialik, et al, 1973;Bock, et al, 1973;Manwani et al, 1973;Tanner, et al, 1976;Preece and Baines, 1978;Bock and Thissen, 1980;Berkey and Reed, 1987;Byard et al, 1991;Jolicoeur et al, 1992;Qin et al, 1996;Ledford and Cole, 1998). Parametric curve-fitting entails the estimation of a number of unknown constants, which specify the curve.…”