Dairy consumption and female height growth: prospective cohort study.
Dairy consumption and female height growth: prospective cohort study.
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10.1158/1055-9965.epi-08-1163
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2009-06
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Willett WC
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Berkey CS;Colditz GA;Rockett HR;Frazier AL;Willett WC
Because of its nutrients and anabolic hormones, cow’s milk may promote height growth, which in turn has been related to breast cancer risk. We prospectively investigated associations between dairy intakes and height growth. A cohort of 5,101 girls from throughout the US completed annual surveys (1996-2001,2003) providing height, weight and past-year diet. At baseline, all were premenarchal, aged 9yr+, with no serious medical conditions. We studied three outcomes: annual height growth, peak growth velocity and adult height. Multivariate models estimated the effects of milk, cheese, yogurt, and energy on subsequent growth, adjusted for race/ethnicity, age, prior height and BMI. Other models studied fats and proteins. Premenarchal girls who drank >3servings/day of milk grew 0.11inch (p=0.02) more the following year than girls consuming <1serving/day. Yogurt (+0.13inch/cup; p=0.02), but not cheese or total calories, predicted height growth. In a separate model, dairy protein (+.034inch/10gm; p<0.001) predicted height growth. Larger peak velocities were seen among girls reporting, at baseline, more milk (>3glasses/day vs <1:+0.14inch, p=0.01)), more yogurt (+0.17inch/cup, p=0.02), and in a separate model, more dairy protein (+0.039inch/10gm; p=0.003). Baseline milk and dairy protein predicted taller adults. Dairy protein was more important than dairy fat, for all outcomes. Non-dairy animal protein and vegetable protein were never significant, nor were non-dairy animal fat and vegetable fat. Of the foods/nutrients studied, dairy protein had the strongest association with height growth. These findings suggest that a factor in the non-lipid phase of milk, but not protein itself, has growth-promoting action in girls.