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      Differences in genetic and environmental variation in adult BMI by sex, age, time period, and region: an individual-based pooled analysis of 40 twin cohorts 

      Silventoinen, Karri; Jelenkovic Moreno, Aline; Sund, Reijo; Yokoyama, Yoshie; Hur, Yoon-Mi; Cozen, Wendy; Hwang, Amie E.; Mack, Thomas M.; Honda, Chika; Inui, Fujio; Iwatani, Yoshinori; Watanabe, Mikio; Tomizawa, Rie; Pietiläinen, Kirsi H.; Rissanen, Aila; Siribaddana, Sisira H.; Hotopf, Matthew; Sumathipala, Athula; Rijsdijk, Fruhling; Tan, Qihua; Zhang, Dongfeng; Pang, Zengchang; Piirtola, Maarit; Aaltonen, Sari; Öncel, Sevgi Y.; Aliev, Fazil; Rebato, Esther; Hjelmborg, Jacob B.; Christensen, Kaare; Skytthe, Axel; Kyvik, Kirsten O.; Silberg, Judy L.; Eaves, Lindon J.; Cutler, Tessa L.; Ordoñana, Juan R.; Sánchez- Romera, Juan F.; Colodro-Conde, Lucia; Song, Yun-Mi; Yang, Sarah; Lee, Kayoung; Franz, Carol E.; Kremen, William S.; Lyons, Michael J.; Busjahn, Andreas; Nelson, Tracy L.; Whitfield, Keith E.; Kandler, Christian; Jang, Kerry L.; Gatz, Margaret; Butler, David A.; Stazi, Maria A.; Fagnani, Corrado; D’Ippolito, Cristina; Duncan, Glen E.; Buchwald, Dedra; Martin, Nicholas G.; Medland, Sarah E.; Montgomery, Grant W.; Jeong, Hoe-Uk; Swan, Gary E.; Krasnow, Ruth; Magnusson, Patrik K. E.; Pedersen, Nancy L.; Dahl Aslan, Anna K.; McAdams, Tom A.; Eley, Thalia C.; Gregory, Alice M.; Tynelius, Patrik K. E.; Pedersen, Nancy L.; Dahl Aslan, Anna K.; McAdams, Tom A.; Eley, Thalia C.; Gregory, Alice M.; Tynelius, Per; Baker, Laura A.; Tuvblad, Catherine; Bayasgalan, Gombojav; Narandalai, Danshiitsoodol; Spector, Timothy D.; Mangino, Massimo; Lachance, Genevieve; Burt, S. Alexandra; Klump, Kelly L.; Harris, Jennifer R.; Brandt, Ingunn; Nilsen, Thomas S.; Krueger, Robert F.; McGue, Matt; Pahlen, Shandell; Corley, Robin P.; Huibregtse, Brooke M.; Bartels, Meike; van Beijsterveldt, Catharina E. M.; Willemsen, Gonneke; Goldberg, Jack H.; Rasmussen, Finn; Tarnoki, Adam D.; Tarnoki, David L.; Derom, Catherine A.; Vlietinck, Robert F.; Loos, Ruth J. F.; Hopper, John L.; Sung, Joohon; Maes, Hermine H.; Turkheimer, Eric; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Sørensen, Thorkild I. A.; Kaprio, Jaakko (Elsevier, 2017-07-05)
      Background Genes and the environment contribute to variation in adult body mass index [BMI (in kg/m2)], but factors modifying these variance components are poorly understood. Objective We analyzed genetic and environmental ...
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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 

      Bogl, Leonie H; Jelenkovic Moreno, Aline; Vuoksimaa, Eero; Ahrenfeldt, Linda; Pietiläinen, Kirsi H.; Stazi, Maria A.; Fagnani, Corrado; D’Ippolito, Cristina; Hur, Yoon-Mi; Jeong, Hoe-Uk; Silberg, Judy L.; Eaves, Lindon J.; Maes, Hermine H.; Bayasgalan, Gombojav; Narandalai, Danshiitsoodol; Cutler, Tessa L.; Kandler, Christian; Jang, Kerry L.; Christensen, Kaare; Skytthe, Axel; Kyvik, Kirsten O.; Cozen, Wendy; Hwang, Amie E.; Mack, Thomas M.; Derom, Catherine A.; Vlietinck, Robert F.; Nelson, Tracy L.; Whitfield, Keith E.; Corley, Robin P.; Huibregtse, Brooke M.; McAdams, Tom A.; Eley, Thalia C.; Gregory, Alice M.; Krueger, Robert F.; McGue, Matt; Pahlen, Shandell; Willemsen, Gonneke; Bartels, Meike; Van Beijsterveldt, Toos C. E. M.; Pang, Zengchang; Tan, Qihua; Zhang, Dongfeng; Martin, Nicholas G.; Medland, Sarah E.; Montgomery, Grant W.; Hjelmborg, Jacob v. B.; Rebato Ochoa, Esther Matilde; Swan, Gary E.; Krasnow, Ruth; Busjahn, Andreas; Lichtenstein, Paul; Öncel, Sevgi Y.; Aliev, Fazil; Baker, Laura A.; Tuvblad, Catherine; Siribaddana, Sisira H.; Hotopf, Matthew; Sumathipala, Athula; Rijsdijk, Fruhling; Magnusson, Patrik K. E.; Pedersen, Nancy L.; Dahl Aslan, Anna K.; Ordoñana Martín, Juan Ramón; Sánchez Romera, Juan Francisco; Colodro Conde, Lucia; Duncan, Glen E.; Buchwald, Dedra; Tarnoki, Adam D.; Tarnoki, David L.; Yokoyama, Yoshie; Hopper, John L.; Loos, Ruth J. F.; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Sørensen, Thorkild I. A.; Silventoinen, Karri; Kaprio, Jaakko (Biomed Central, 2017-04-27)
      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 ...
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      Educational attainment of same-sex and opposite-sex dizygotic twins: An individual-level pooled study of 19 twin cohorts 

      Silventoinen, Karri; Bogl, Leonie H.; Jelenkovic Moreno, Aline; Vuoksimaa, Eero; Latvala, Antti; Li, Weilong; Tan, Qihua; Zhang, Dongfeng; Pang, Zengchang; Ordoñana Martín, Juan Ramón; Sánchez Romera, Juan Francisco; Colodro Conde, Lucía; Willemsen, Gonneke; Bartels, Meike; van Beijsterveldt, Catharina EM; Rebato Ochoa, Esther Matilde; Corley, Robin P.; Huibregtse, Brooke M.; Hopper, John L.; Tyler, Jessica; Duncan, Glen E.; Buchwald, Dedra; Silberg, Judy L.; Maes, Hermine H.; Kandler, Christian; Cozen, Wendy; Hwang, Amie E.; Mack, Thomas M.; Nelson, Tracy L.; Whitfield, Keith E.; Medda, Emanuela; Nisticò, Lorenza; Toccaceli, Virgilia; Krueger, Robert F.; McGue, Matt; Pahlen, Shandell; Martin, Nicholas G.; Medland, Sarah E.; Montgomery, Grant W.; Heikkilä, Kauko; Derom, Catherine A.; Vlietinck, Robert F.; Loos, Ruth JF; Magnusson, Patrik KE; Pedersen, Nancy L.; Dahl Aslan, Anna K.; Hotopf, Matthew; Sumathipala, Athula; Rijsdijk, Fruhling; Siribaddana, Sisira H.; Rose, Richard J.; Sørensen, Thorkild IA; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Kaprio, Jaakko (Elsevier, 2021-11)
      Comparing twins from same- and opposite-sex pairs can provide information on potential sex differences in a variety of outcomes, including socioeconomic-related outcomes such as educational attainment. It has been suggested ...
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      Genetic and environmental variation in educational attainment: an individual-based analysis of 28 twin cohorts 

      Silventoinen, Karri; Jelenkovic Moreno, Aline; Sund, Reijo; Latvala, Antti; Honda, Chika; Inui, Fujio; Tomizawa, Rie; Watanabe, Mikio; Sakai, Norio; Rebato Ochoa, Esther Matilde; Busjahn, Andreas; Tyler, Jessica; Hopper, John L.; Ordoñana Martín, Juan Ramón; Sánchez Romera, Juan Francisco; Colodro Conde, Lucía; Calais Ferreira, Lucas; Oliveira, Vinicius C.; Ferreira, Pablo H.; Medda, Emanuela; Nisticò, Lorenza; Toccaceli, Virgilia; Derom, Catherine A.; Vlietinck, Robert F.; Loos, Ruth J. F.; Siribaddana, Sisira H.; Hotopf, Matthew; Sumathipala, Athula; Rijsdijk, Fruhling; Duncan, Glen E.; Buchwald, Dedra; Tynelius, Per; Rasmussen, Finn; Tan, Qihua; Zhang, Dongfeng; Pang, Zengchang; Magnusson, Patrik K. E.; Pedersen, Nancy L.; Dahl Aslan, Anna K.; Hwang, Amie E.; Mack, Thomas M.; Krueger, Robert F.; McGue, Matt; Pahlen, Shandell; Brandt, Ingunn; Nilsen, Thomas S.; Harris, Jennifer R.; Martin, Nicholas G.; Medland, Sarah E.; Montgomery, Grant W.; Willemsen, Gonneke; Bartels, Meike; Van Beijsterveldt, Catharina E. M.; Franz, Carol E.; Kremen, William S.; Lyons, Michael J.; Silberg, Judy L.; Maes, Hermine H.; Kandler, Christian; Nelson, Tracy L.; Whitfield, Keith E.; Corley, Robin P.; Huibregtse, Brooke M.; Gatz, Margaret; Butler, David A.; Tarnoki, Adam D.; Tarnoki, David L.; Park, Hang A.; Lee, Jooyeon; Lee, Soo Ji; Sung, Joohon; Yokoyama, Yoshie; Sørensen, Thorkild I. A.; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Kaprio, Jaakko (Nature, 2020-07-29)
      We investigated the heritability of educational attainment and how it differed between birth cohorts and cultural-geographic regions. A classical twin design was applied to pooled data from 28 cohorts representing 16 ...
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      Smoking remains associated with education after controlling for social background and genetic factors in a study of 18 twin cohorts 

      Silventoinen, Karri; Piirtola, Maarit; Jelenkovic Moreno, Aline; Sund, Reijo; Tarnoki, Adam D.; Tarnoki, David L.; Medda, Emanuela; Nisticò, Lorenza; Toccaceli, Virgilia; Honda, Chika; Inui, Fujio; Tomizawa, Rie; Watanabe, Mikio; Sakai, Norio; Gatz, Margaret; Butler, David A.; Lee, Jooyeon; Lee, Sooji; Sung, Joohon; Franz, Carol E.; Kremen, William S.; Lyons, Michael J.; Derom, Catherine A.; Vlietinck, Robert F.; Loos, Ruth J. F.; Tynelius, Per; Rasmussen, Finn; Martin, Nicholas G.; Medland, Sarah E.; Montgomery, Grant W.; Brandt, Ingunn; Nilsen, Thomas S.; Harris, Jennifer R.; Tyler, Jessica; Hopper, John L.; Magnusson, Patrik K. E.; Pedersen, Nancy L.; Dahl Aslan, Anna K.; Ordoñana Martín, Juan Ramón; Sánchez Romera, Juan Francisco; Colodro Conde, Lucía; Rebato Ochoa, Esther Matilde; Zhang, Dongfeng; Pang, Zengchang; Tan, Qihua; Silberg, Judy L.; Maes, Hermine H.; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Sørensen, Thorkild I. A.; Korhonen, Tellervo; Kaprio, Jaakko (Nature, 2022)
      We tested the causality between education and smoking using the natural experiment of discordant twin pairs allowing to optimally control for background genetic and childhood social factors. Data from 18 cohorts including ...
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      The CODATwins Project: The Cohort Description of Collaborative Project of Development of Anthropometrical Measures in Twins to Study Macro-Environmental Variation in Genetic and Environmental Effects on Anthropometric Traits 

      Silventoinen, Karri; Jelenkovic Moreno, Aline; Sund, Reijo; Honda, Chika; Aaltonen, Sari; Yokoyama, Yoshie; Tarnoki, Adam D.; Tarnoki, David L.; Ning, Feng; Ji, Fuling; Pang, Zengchang; Ordoñana, Juan R.; Sánchez-Romera, Juan F.; Colodro-Conde, Lucia; Burt, S. Alexandra; Klump, Kelly L.; Medland, Sarah E.; Montgomery, Grant W.; Kandler, Christian; McAdams, Tom A.; Eley, Thalia C.; Gregory, Alice M.; Saudino, Kimberly J.; Dubois, Lise; Boivin, Michel; Haworth, Claire M. A.; Plomin, Robert; Öncel, Sevgi Y.; Aliev, Fazil; Stazi, Maria A.; Fagnani, Corrado; D’Ippolito, Cristina; Craig, Jeffrey M.; Saffery, Richard; Siribaddana, Sisira H.; Hotopf, Matthew; Sumathipala, Athula; Spector, Timothy; Mangino, Massimo; Lachance, Genevieve; Gatz, Margaret; Butler, David A.; Bayasgalan, Gombojav; Narandalai, Danshiitsoodol; Freitas, Duarte L.; Maia, José Antonio; Harden, K. Paige; Tucker-Drob, Elliot M.; Christensen, Kaare; Skytthe, Axel; Kyvik, Kirsten O.; Hong, Changhee; Chong, Youngsook; Derom, Catherine A.; Vlietinck, Robert F.; Loos, Ruth J. F.; Cozen, Wendy; Hwang, Amie E.; Mack, Thomas M.; He, Mingguang; Ding, Xiaohu; Chang, Billy; Silberg, Judy L.; Eaves, Lindon J.; H. Maes, Hermine; Cutler, Tessa L.; Hopper, John L.; Aujard, Kelly; Magnusson, Patrik K. E.; Pedersen, Nancy L.; Dahl Aslan, Anna K.; Song, Yun-Mi; Yang, Sarah; Lee, Kayoung; Baker, Laura A.; Tuvblad, Catherine; Bjerregaard-Andersen, Morten; Beck-Nielsen, Henning; Sodemann, Morten; Heikkilä, Kauko; Tan, Qihua; Zhang, Dongfeng; Swan, Gary E.; Krasnow, Ruth; Jang, Kerry L.; Knafo-Noam, Ariel; Mankuta, David; Abramson, Lior; Lichtenstein, Paul; Krueger, Robert F.; McGue, Matt; Pahlen, Shandell; Tynelius, Per; Duncan, Glen E.; Buchwald, Dedra; Corley, Robin P.; Huibregtse, Brooke M.; Nelson, Tracy L.; Whitfield, Keith E.; Franz, Carol E.; Kremen, William S.; Lyons, Michael J.; Ooki, Syuichi; Brandt, Ingunn; Sevenius Nilsen, Thomas; Inui, Fujio; Watanabe, Mikio; Bartels, Meike; van Beijsterveldt, Toos C. E. M.; Wardle, Jane; Llewellyn, Clare H.; Fisher, Abigail; Rebato Ochoa, Esther Matilde; Martin, Nicholas G.; Iwatani, Yoshinori; Hayakawa, Kazuo; Rasmussen, Finn; Sung, Joohon; Harris, Jennifer R.; Willemsen, Gonneke; Busjahn, Andreas; Goldberg, Jack H.; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Hur, Yoon-Mi; Sørensen, Thorkild I. A.; Kaprio, Jaakko (2015-05-27)
      For over 100 years, the genetics of human anthropometric traits has attracted scientific interest. In particular, height and body mass index (BMI, calculated as kg/m2) have been under intensive genetic research. However, ...