@article{fdi:010067760,
  title = {{A} century of trends in adult human height},
  author = {{B}entham, {J}. and {C}esare, {M}. and {S}tevens, {G}. {A}. and {Z}hou, {B}. and {B}ixby, {H}. and {C}owan, {M}. and {F}ortunato, {L}. and {B}ennett, {J}. {E}. and {D}anaei, {G}. and {H}ajifathalian, {K}. and {L}u, {Y}. and {R}iley, {L}. {M}. and {L}axmaiah, {A}. and {K}ontis, {V}. and {P}aciorek, {C}. {J}. and {R}iboli, {E}. and {E}zzati, {M}. and {D}elpeuch, {F}rancis and {M}aire, {B}ernard and {M}artin-{P}r{\'e}vel, {Y}ves and {T}raissac, {P}ierre},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{B}eing taller is associated with enhanced longevity, and higher education and earnings. {W}e reanalysed 1472 population-based studies, with measurement of height on more than 18.6 million participants to estimate mean height for people born between 1896 and 1996 in 200 countries. {T}he largest gain in adult height over the past century has occurred in {S}outh {K}orean women and {I}ranian men, who became 20.2 cm (95% credible interval 17.522.7) and 16.5 cm (13.319.7) taller, respectively. {I}n contrast, there was little change in adult height in some sub-{S}aharan {A}frican countries and in {S}outh {A}sia over the century of analysis. {T}he tallest people over these 100 years are men born in the {N}etherlands in the last quarter of 20th century, whose average heights surpassed 182.5 cm, and the shortest were women born in {G}uatemala in 1896 (140.3 cm; 135.8144.8). {T}he height differential between the tallest and shortest populations was 19-20 cm a century ago, and has remained the same for women and increased for men a century later despite substantial changes in the ranking of countries.},
  keywords = {{MONDE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {e{LIFE}},
  volume = {5},
  numero = {},
  pages = {e13410 [29 p.]},
  ISSN = {2050-084{X}},
  year = {2016},
  DOI = {10.7554/e{L}ife.13410},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010067760},
}