Background Despite the positive relationship between self-rated health and general
physical activity, very little research has touched upon the relationship between self-rated …

Objective To assess the joint association of passive and active smoking with self-rated
health and life satisfaction among Iranian children and adolescents. Methods Using a …

Background Short stature in children is an important global health issue. This study aimed to
analyze the risk factors associated with short stature and to construct a clinical prediction …

Assessing cost-effectiveness of human growth hormone (hGH) treatment to augment height
is complicated by uncertainty about how best to measure its therapeutic effect. Cost …

Purpose Adolescence is a time of change when suffering from a medical condition such as
short stature can impact the emotional well-being of adolescents. Our objective was to study …

Introduction Suicide is the leading cause of death among Korean adolescents. Suicide has
been found to be associated with body mass index (BMI), height, and subjective body image …

Skeletal dysplasias are a large and heterogeneous group of conditions that affect growth
and development of the skeleton. As might be expected, short stature is a frequent …

Purpose The aim of this meta-analysis is to evaluate whether the combination therapy with
gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) and recombinant human growth …

Background: Short stature is one of the common disorders referred for investigation of an
endocrine disorder. The etiologies of short stature vary and are commonly grouped into …

Background: Stunting is a condition that occurs as a result of a defective growth process. It
may remain unnoticed in some children, with the diagnosis made as late as during …