title: Association between body height and month of birth among women of European origin in northern and southern hemispheres.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to examine the potential association between month of birth and body height among women in northern and southern hemispheres.
  
  
  METHODS
  Body heights of adult women of European origin born between 1935 and 1981 who lived in Poland (N = 3,933) and in Australia (N = 1,118) were examined in relation to month of birth by analysis of variance.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No association between month of birth and body height was observed in either Polish or Australian women. For Polish women, a clear, statistically significant secular trend in body height was confirmed for the analyzed period (P < .0001). No such trend occurred among the Australian women.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results do not confirm a significant association between month of birth and adult body height in women. It is, however, important to see a difference in secular trends, which was large in Polish women and nonexistent in Australian females.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, 90-237, Poland.
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rosset
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, 90-237, Poland.|Biological Anthropology and Comparative Anatomy Research Unit, School of Medicine, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia.
authors.forename: Elżbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Żądzińska
authors.affiliation: Biobank Laboratory, Department of Molecular Biophysics, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, 90-237, Poland.
authors.forename: Dominik
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9752-4270
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Strapagiel
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biophysics, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, 90-237, Poland.
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grzelak
authors.affiliation: Biological Anthropology and Comparative Anatomy Research Unit, School of Medicine, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia.
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Henneberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D001827:Body Height; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D036801:Parturition; D011044:Poland; D012621:Seasons; D055815:Young Adult