"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 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2008 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2010 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Body Height" by people in Profiles.
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Height May Explain Sex Differences in Systolic Blood Pressure in Older Adults. Hypertension. 2025 Nov; 82(11):1857-1865.
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Biomarker Longitudinal Idiopathic Scoliosis Study: Predicting Growth in Idiopathic Scoliosis. J Pediatr Orthop. 2025 Oct 01; 45(9):e754-e760.
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Impact of modified Atkins diet on growth in infants and children with epilepsy. Epileptic Disord. 2025 Aug; 27(4):579-585.
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Secular Trends in Gross Motor Coordination: A Study of Peruvian Children Living at High Altitude. Pediatr Exerc Sci. 2025 Nov 01; 37(4):322-329.
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Mexican Biobank advances population and medical genomics of diverse ancestries. Nature. 2023 10; 622(7984):775-783.
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Sex-Specific Pathways Lead to Statural Growth Impairment in Children with Crohn's Disease. J Pediatr. 2022 10; 249:75-83.e1.
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An integrative skeletal and paleogenomic analysis of stature variation suggests relatively reduced health for early European farmers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 04 12; 119(15):e2106743119.
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Discovery and fine-mapping of height loci via high-density imputation of GWASs in individuals of African ancestry. Am J Hum Genet. 2021 04 01; 108(4):564-582.
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Introduction to and Screening Visit Results of the Multicenter Pediatric Crohn's Disease Growth Study. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2020 11 19; 26(12):1945-1950.
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Expanded Imaging Classification of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2020 07; 31(7):1640-1651.