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

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; J. V.B. Hjelmborg; Esther Rebato; Gary E. Swan; Ruth Krasnow; Andreas Busjahn

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

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 SkyttheKirsten 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, J. V.B. Hjelmborg, Esther Rebato, Gary E. Swan, Ruth Krasnow, Andreas Busjahn

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Original language	English
Article number	14
Journal	Biology of Sex Differences
Volume	8
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-017-0134-x
Publication status	Published - 27 Apr 2017

Keywords

Body mass index
CODATwins
Height
Opposite-sex twins
Prenatal hormone exposure

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Bogl, L. H., Jelenkovic, A., Vuoksimaa, E., Ahrenfeldt, L., Pietiläinen, K. H., Stazi, M. A., Fagnani, C., D’Ippolito, C., Hur, Y. M., Jeong, H. U., Silberg, J. L., Eaves, L. J., Maes, H. H., Bayasgalan, G., Narandalai, D., Cutler, T. L., Kandler, C., Jang, K. L., Christensen, K., ... Busjahn, A. (2017). Does the sex of one’s co-twin affect height and BMI in adulthood? A study of dizygotic adult twins from 31 cohorts. Biology of Sex Differences, 8(1), Article 14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-017-0134-x

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Bogl, LH, Jelenkovic, A, Vuoksimaa, E, Ahrenfeldt, L, Pietiläinen, KH, Stazi, MA, Fagnani, C, D’Ippolito, C, Hur, YM, Jeong, HU, Silberg, JL, Eaves, LJ, Maes, HH, Bayasgalan, G, Narandalai, D, Cutler, TL, Kandler, C, Jang, KL, Christensen, K, Skytthe, A, Kyvik, KO, Cozen, W, Hwang, AE, Mack, TM, Derom, CA, Vlietinck, RF, Nelson, TL, Whitfield, KE, Corley, RP, Huibregtse, BM, McAdams, TA, Eley, TC, Gregory, AM, Krueger, RF, McGue, M, Pahlen, S, Willemsen, G, Bartels, M, Van Beijsterveldt, TCEM, Pang, Z, Tan, Q, Zhang, D, Martin, NG, Medland, SE, Montgomery, GW, Hjelmborg, JVB, Rebato, E, Swan, GE, Krasnow, R & Busjahn, A 2017, 'Does the sex of one’s co-twin affect height and BMI in adulthood? A study of dizygotic adult twins from 31 cohorts', Biology of Sex Differences, vol. 8, no. 1, 14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-017-0134-x

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

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