Do components of adult height predict body composition and cardiometabolic risk in a young adult South Asian Indian population? Findings from a hospital-based cohort study in Pune, India: Pune Children's Study.

Kumaran K, Joshi SM, Di Gravio C**, Lubree H, Joglekar C, Bhat D, Kinare A, Bavdekar A, Bhave S, Pandit A, Osmond C, Yajnik C, Fall C. Do components of adult height predict body composition and cardiometabolic risk in a young adult South Asian Indian population? Findings from a hospital-based cohort study in Pune, India: Pune Children's Study. BMJ open. 2020 Dec 7;10(10). e036897. PMID: 33033015 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC7542941

Abstract

We investigated whether the relationship between components of height and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk may be explained by body composition. We also examined relationships between parental heights and offspring CVD risk.