"Body Height" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The distance from the sole to the crown of the head with body standing on a flat surface and fully extended.
| Descriptor ID |
D001827
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.600.115.100.160.100 E05.041.124.160.500 G07.100.100.160.100 G07.345.249.314.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Body Height- Body Height
- Body Heights
- Height, Body
- Heights, Body
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Body Height" by people in this website by year, and whether "Body Height" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2004 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2009 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2010 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2011 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2012 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2014 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2015 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2018 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2019 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2020 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2021 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Body Height" by people in Profiles.
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Using Multiple Anthropomorphic Measures to Estimate Height in Muscular Dystrophies and Its Impact on Lung Function. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2025 Jan; 60(1):e27494.
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Fluoxetine and Sertraline Inhibit Height Growth and Growth Hormone Signaling During Puberty. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2024 Nov-Dec; 44(6):538-544.
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Whole-genome sequencing in 333,100 individuals reveals rare non-coding single variant and aggregate associations with height. Nat Commun. 2024 Oct 03; 15(1):8549.
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Persistent growth-promoting effects of vosoritide in children with achondroplasia are accompanied by improvements in physical and social aspects of health-related quality of life. Genet Med. 2024 Dec; 26(12):101274.
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The longitudinal growth trajectory of children with congenital hypothyroidism during the first 3?years of life. Eur J Pediatr. 2024 Sep; 183(9):4123-4131.
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Percent Final Height Is a Novel Method That Identifies Differences Between the Rate of Development in American Children of Different Races. J Pediatr Orthop. 2024 Oct 01; 44(9):e852-e857.
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Evolving growth hormone deficiency: proof of concept. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2024; 15:1398171.
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Final height in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Hormones (Athens). 2024 Mar; 23(1):35-48.
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Free living total energy expenditure in young South Indian children at risk of environmental enteric dysfunction and its relation to faltered linear growth. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2023 05; 77(5):532-537.
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A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height. Nature. 2022 10; 610(7933):704-712.