Associations between life course longitudinal growth and hip shapes at ages 60 to 64 years : evidence from the MRC National Survey of Health and Development

Staines, KatherineSaunders, FionaIreland, AlexAspden, Richard MalcolmGregory, JennyHardy, RebeccaCooper, Rachel2024-04-162024-04-162024-04-10Staines, K, Saunders, F, Ireland, A, Aspden, R M, Gregory, J, Hardy, R & Cooper, R 2024, 'Associations between life course longitudinal growth and hip shapes at ages 60 to 64 years : evidence from the MRC National Survey of Health and Development', RMD Open, vol. 10, no. 2. https://doi.org/10.1136/rmdopen-2023-0038162056-5933ORCID: /0000-0001-7130-6777/work/158209199https://hdl.handle.net/2164/23258Acknowledgements The authors thank all the participants of the MRC National Survey of Health and Development and all staff involved in data collection and data entry, as well as Prof. Tim Cole (SITAR growth curve analysis). Funding The authors would like to acknowledge the UK Medical Research Council for funding to KAS (MR/V033506/1 & MR/R022240/2). This project was further funded by the UK Medical Research Council (MR/L010399/1), which supported FRS. The NSHD is funded by the UK Medical Research Council. RC acknowledges support from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre based at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust and Newcastle University. RC also receives support as part of a generous donation made by the McArdle family to Newcastle University for research that will benefit the lives of older people in the UK. The funders were not involved in the study design, collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and not necessarily those of UK Research and Innovation, the National Institute for Health and Care Research, the Department of Health and Social Care, the National Health Service or the McArdle family.9966802engBirth cohortgrowthlife coursehip shapeosteoarthritisSITARR MedicineMedical Research Council (MRC)MR/V033506/1MR/R022240/2MR/L010399/1Supplementary DataRAssociations between life course longitudinal growth and hip shapes at ages 60 to 64 years : evidence from the MRC National Survey of Health and DevelopmentJournal article10.1136/rmdopen-2023-003816102