Biological aging in childhood and adolescence following experiences of threat and deprivation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

NL Colich, ML Rosen, ES Williams… - Psychological …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Life history theory argues that exposure to early life adversity (ELA) accelerates
development, although existing evidence for this varies. We present a meta-analysis and …

Pubertal development and regulation

AP Abreu, UB Kaiser - The lancet Diabetes & endocrinology, 2016 - thelancet.com
Puberty marks the end of childhood and is a period when individuals undergo physiological
and psychological changes to achieve sexual maturation and fertility. The hypothalamic …

An atlas of genetic correlations across human diseases and traits

B Bulik-Sullivan, HK Finucane, V Anttila, A Gusev… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Identifying genetic correlations between complex traits and diseases can provide useful
etiological insights and help prioritize likely causal relationships. The major challenges …

Exposure to perfluorinated alkyl substances and health outcomes in children: a systematic review of the epidemiologic literature

KM Rappazzo, E Coffman, EP Hines - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), chemicals used to make products stain and stick
resistant, have been linked to health effects in adults and adverse birth outcomes. A growing …

Timing of puberty in boys and girls: A population‐based study

N Brix, A Ernst, LLB Lauridsen, E Parner… - Paediatric and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background A secular trend towards earlier puberty has been observed in girls, while a
similar trend has been more uncertain in boys. We estimated current ages at pubertal …

Developmental adaptation to stress: An evolutionary perspective

BJ Ellis, M Del Giudice - Annual review of psychology, 2019 - annualreviews.org
The assumption that early stress leads to dysregulation and impairment is widespread in
developmental science and informs prevailing models (eg, toxic stress). An alternative …

Interaction between gut microbiota and sex hormones and their relation to sexual dimorphism in metabolic diseases

JA Santos-Marcos, M Mora-Ortiz… - Biology of sex …, 2023 - Springer
Metabolic diseases, such as obesity, metabolic syndrome (MetS) and type 2 diabetes (T2D),
are now a widespread pandemic in the developed world. These pathologies show sex …

Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk

FR Day, DJ Thompson, H Helgason, DI Chasman… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The timing of puberty is a highly polygenic childhood trait that is epidemiologically
associated with various adult diseases. Using 1000 Genomes Project–imputed genotype …

Childhood obesity and central precocious puberty

L Shi, Z Jiang, L Zhang - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Childhood obesity is a major public health problem worldwide, and the relationship between
obesity and central precocious puberty has long been confirmed, however, the mechanisms …

Childhood overweight and obesity and timing of puberty in boys and girls: cohort and sibling-matched analyses

N Brix, A Ernst, LLB Lauridsen… - International journal …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Early puberty is a risk indicator for adult diseases. Identification of modifiable
causes of earlier puberty is, therefore, warranted. We estimate the association between …