Further, these children are now entering puberty, thus allowing a study of the extent to which this point is detectable and the relationship between the time of puberty and final adult height attained. This contact with the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Biological Sciences has led to investigations of problems in other areas. A comparison has been made of the various formulae that exist, all based on height and weight, for estimating the surface area of the human body. Currently, an attempt is being made to determine the distribution of height measurement variance among children. Joint research with Solvay Healthcare into the incidence of fibrosing colonopathy and the use of high strength pancreatic enzyme supplements in young children with cystic fibrosis has resulted in some controversial claims regarding the causitive factors involved.
Further research using conditional logistic regression models is under way.