Associations between birth size and later height from infancy through adulthood: An individual based pooled analysis of 28 twin cohorts participating in the CODATwins project

Associations between birth size and later height from infancy through adulthood: An individual based pooled analysis of 28 twin cohorts participating in the CODATwins project

There is evidence that birth size is positively associated with height in later life, but it remains unclear whether this is explained by genetic factors or the intrauterine environment.

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Veröffentlicht in:Early Human Development 2018-05, Vol.120, p.53-60
Hauptverfasser: Jelenkovic, Aline, Yokoyama, Yoshie, Sund, Reijo, Hur, Yoon-Mi, Harris, Jennifer R, Brandt, Ingunn, Nilsen, Thomas Sevenius, Ooki, Syuichi, Ullemar, Vilhelmina, Almqvist, Catarina, Magnusson, Patrik K.E, Saudino, Kimberly J, Stazi, Maria A, Fagnani, Corrado, Brescianini, Sonia, Nelson, Tracy L, Whitfield, Keith E, Knafo-Noam, Ariel, Mankuta, David, Abramson, Lior, Cutler, Tessa L, Hopper, John L, Llewellyn, Clare H, Fisher, Abigail, Corley, Robin P, Huibregtse, Brooke M, Derom, Cathérine, Vlietinck, Robert, Bjerregaard-Andersen, Morten, Beck-Nielsen, Henning, Sodemann, Morten, Krueger, Robert F, McGue, Matt, Pahlen, Shandell, Alexandra Burt, S, Klump, Kelly L, Dubois, Lise, Boivin, Michel, Brendgen, Mara, Dionne, Ginette, Vitaro, Frank, Willemsen, Gonneke, Bartels, Meike, van Beijsterveld, Catharina E.M, Craig, Jeffrey M, Saffery, Richard, Rasmussen, Finn, Tynelius, Per, Heikkilä, Kauko, Pietiläinen, Kirsi H, Bayasgalan, Gombojav, Narandalai, Danshiitsoodol, Haworth, Claire M.A, Plomin, Robert, Ji, Fuling, Ning, Feng, Pang, Zengchang, Rebato, Esther, Tarnoki, Adam D, Tarnoki, David L, Kim, Jina, Lee, Jooyeon, Lee, Sooji, Sung, Joohon, Loos, Ruth J.F, Boomsma, Dorret I, Sørensen, Thorkild I.A, Kaprio, Jaakko, Silventoinen, Karri
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Zusammenfassung:There is evidence that birth size is positively associated with height in later life, but it remains unclear whether this is explained by genetic factors or the intrauterine environment.
ISSN:0378-3782