And we expect those younger women to be shorter simply because they have had less time to grow. In five other cases, scientists found women in developed countries maturing earlier, in two of them at smaller size (in the other three cases, size was not measured).
而我们之所以预计这些更早生育的妇女会变得更矮，原因就是她们的发育期也相应缩短了。在另外5个研究项目中，科学家们在其中两个项目中发现更早发育成熟的发展中国家妇女身高变得更矮（另外三个项目并未测量身高）。虽然断言这是个总体趋势还为时过早，但目前所有的迹象都指向了这一点。