Month‐of‐birth effect on height and weight in Polish rural children

@article{Kociski2004MonthofbirthEO,
  title={Month‐of‐birth effect on height and weight in Polish rural children},
  author={Krzysztof Kościński and Marta Krenz‐Niedbała and Agnieszka Kozłowska-Rajewicz},
  journal={American Journal of Human Biology},
  year={2004},
  volume={16}
}
This study investigated a hypothesis of dependence of child height and weight on the month of their birth. The sample comprised 1,241 subjects, 568 boys and 673 girls, age 6–20 years, from villages in Olsztyn Province, Northeast Poland. Individuals' height and weight data were standardized by sex and age to allow grouping of individuals born in the same month irrespective of their sex and age at examination. Subjects born in October to March proved to be significantly taller and heavier than… 
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