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

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

Abstract 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), a...

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Main Authors: Leonie H. Bogl, Aline Jelenkovic, Eero Vuoksimaa, Linda Ahrenfeldt, Kirsi H. Pietiläinen, Maria A. Stazi, Corrado Fagnani, Cristina D’Ippolito, Yoon-Mi Hur, Hoe-Uk Jeong, Judy L. Silberg, Lindon J. Eaves, Hermine H. Maes, Gombojav Bayasgalan, Danshiitsoodol Narandalai, Tessa L. Cutler, Christian Kandler, Kerry L. Jang, Kaare Christensen, Axel Skytthe, Kirsten O. Kyvik, Wendy Cozen, Amie E. Hwang, Thomas M. Mack, Catherine A. Derom, Robert F. Vlietinck, Tracy L. Nelson, Keith E. Whitfield, Robin P. Corley, Brooke M. Huibregtse, Tom A. McAdams, Thalia C. Eley, Alice M. Gregory, Robert F. Krueger, Matt McGue, Shandell Pahlen, Gonneke Willemsen, Meike Bartels, Toos C. E. M. van Beijsterveldt, Zengchang Pang, Qihua Tan, Dongfeng Zhang, Nicholas G. Martin, Sarah E. Medland, Grant W. Montgomery, Jacob v. B. Hjelmborg, Esther Rebato, Gary E. Swan, Ruth Krasnow, Andreas Busjahn, Paul Lichtenstein, Sevgi Y. Öncel, Fazil Aliev, Laura A. Baker, Catherine Tuvblad, Sisira H. Siribaddana, Matthew Hotopf, Athula Sumathipala, Fruhling Rijsdijk, Patrik K. E. Magnusson, Nancy L. Pedersen, Anna K. Dahl Aslan, Juan R. Ordoñana, Juan F. Sánchez-Romera, Lucia Colodro-Conde, Glen E. Duncan, Dedra Buchwald, Adam D. Tarnoki, David L. Tarnoki, Yoshie Yokoyama, John L. Hopper, Ruth J. F. Loos, Dorret I. Boomsma, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, Karri Silventoinen, Jaakko Kaprio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:Biology of Sex Differences
Subjects:
Prenatal hormone exposure
Opposite-sex twins
Height
Body mass index
CODATwins
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13293-017-0134-x

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