Does the sex of one's co-twin affect height and BMI in adulthood? A study of dizygotic adult twins from 31 cohorts

Bogl, Leonie; Jelenkovic, Aline; Vuoksimaa, Eero; Ahrenfeldt, Linda; Pietilainen, Kirsi; Stazi, Maria; Fagnani, Corrado; D'Ippolito, Cristina; Hur, Yoon-Mi; Jeong, Hoe-Uk; Silberg, Judy; Eaves, Lindon; Maes, Hermine; Bayasgalan, Gombojav; Narandalai, Danshiitsoodol; Cutler, Tessa; Kandler, Christian; Jang, Kerry; Christensen, Kaare; Skytthe, Axel; Kyvik, Kirsten; Cozen, Wendy; Hwang, Amie; Mack, Thomas; Derom, Catherine; Vlietinck, Robert; Nelson, Tracy; Whitfield, Keith; Corley, Robin; Huibregtse, Brooke; McAdams, Tom; Eley, Thalia; Gregory, Alice; Krueger, Robert; Mcgue, Matt; Pahlen, Shandell; Willemsen, Gonneke; Bartels, Meike; van Beijsterveldt, Toos; Pang, Zengchang; Tan, Qihua; Zhang, Dongfeng; Martin, Nicholas; Medland, Sarah; Montgomery, Grant; Hjelmborg, Jacob; Rebato, Esther; Swan, Gary; Krasnow, Ruth; Busjahn, Andreas; Lichtenstein, Paul; ÖNCEL, SEVGİ; Aliev, Fazil; Baker, Laura; Tuvblad, Catherine; Siribaddana, Sisira; Hotopf, Matthew; Sumathipala, Athula; Rijsdijk, Fruhling; Magnusson, Patrik; Pedersen, Nancy; Aslan, Anna; Ordonana, Juan; Sanchez-Romera, Juan; Colodro-Conde, Lucia; Duncan, Glen; Buchwald, Dedra; Tarnoki, Adam; Tarnoki, David; Yokoyama, Yoshie; Hopper, John; Loos, Ruth; Boomsma, Dorret; Sorensen, Thorkild; Silventoinen, Karri; Kaprio, Jaakko

doi:10.1186/s13293-017-0134-x

Does the sex of one's co-twin affect height and BMI in adulthood? A study of dizygotic adult twins from 31 cohorts

Atıf İçin Kopyala

Bogl L. H. , Jelenkovic A., Vuoksimaa E., Ahrenfeldt L., Pietilainen K. H. , Stazi M. A. , et al.

BIOLOGY OF SEX DIFFERENCES, cilt.8, 2017 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi)

Cilt numarası: 8
Basım Tarihi: 2017
Doi Numarası: 10.1186/s13293-017-0134-x
Dergi Adı: BIOLOGY OF SEX DIFFERENCES

Özet

Background: The comparison of traits in twins from opposite-sex (OS) and same-sex (SS) dizygotic twin pairs is considered a proxy measure of prenatal hormone exposure. To examine possible prenatal hormonal influences on anthropometric traits, we compared mean height, body mass index (BMI), and the prevalence of being overweight or obese between men and women from OS and SS dizygotic twin pairs.