Many factors alter development in children, such as chronic illnesses and long-term use of corticosteroids, may cause a shorter than normal height in adulthood.

The team found that children who used inhaled corticosteroids during the first two years of life were too short for their age. This result was more evident in children who took the asthma medicine budesonide for more than 6 months.
Lead researcher Antti Saari said, "Our research shows a link between long-term treatment of ICS during infancy and stunted growth at or after the age of two in otherwise healthy children. We could only assess the impact of inhaled corticosteroids on growth in infancy until two to three years of age."
The study was presented at the 54th Annual European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology Meeting.
Source-ANI