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      Association between birth weight and educational attainment: an individual-based pooled analysis of nine twin cohorts 

      Jelenkovic Moreno, Aline; Mikkonen, Janne; Martikainen, Pekka; Latvala, Antti; Yokoyama, Yoshie; Sund, Reijo; Vuoksimaa, Eero; Rebato, Esther; Sung, Joohon; Kim, Jina; Lee, Jooyeon; Lee, Sooji; Stazi, Maria A.; Fagnani, Corrado; Brescianini, Sonia; Derom, Catherine A.; Vlietinck, Robert F.; Loos, Ruth J. F.; Krueger, Robert F.; McGue, Matt; Pahlen, Shandell; Nelson, Tracy L.; Whitfield, Keith E.; Brandt, Ingunn; Nilsen, Thomas S.; Harris, Jennifer R.; Cutler, Tessa L.; Hopper, John L.; Tarnoki, Adam D.; Tarnoki, David L.; Sørensen, Thorkild I. A.; Kaprio, Jaakko; Silventoinen, Karri (BMJ Publishing Group, 2018-05-30)
      Background There is evidence that birth weight is positively associated with education, but it remains unclear whether this association is explained by familial environmental factors, genetic factors or the intrauteri ...
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      Association of Current and Former Smoking With Body Mass Index: a Study of Smoking Discordant Twin Pairs From 21 Twin Cohorts 

      Piirtola, Maarit; Jelenkovic Moreno, Aline; Latvala, Antti; Sund, Reijo; Honda, Chika; Inui, Fujio; Watanabe, Mikio; Tomizawa, Rie; Iwatani, Yoshinori; Ordoñana Martín, Juan Ramón; Sánchez Romera, Juan Francisco; Colodro Conde, Lucia; Tarnoki, Adam D.; Tarnoki, David L.; Martin, Nicholas G.; Montgomery, Grant W.; Medland, Sarah E.; Rasmussen, Finn; Tynelius, Per; Tan, Qihua; Zhang, Dongfeng; Pang, Zengchang; Rebato Ochoa, Esther Matilde; Stazi, Maria A.; Fagnani, Corrado; Brescianini, Sonia; Busjahn, Andreas; Harris, Jennifer R.; Brandt, Ingunn; Nilsen, Thomas Sevenius; Cutler, Tessa L.; Hopper, John L.; Corley, Robin P.; Huibregtse, Brooke M.; Sung, Joohon; Kim, Jina; Lee, Jooyeon; Lee, Sooji; Gatz, Margaret; Butler, David A.; Franz, Carol E.; Kremen, William S.; Lyons, Michael J.; Magnusson, Patrik K. E.; Pedersen, Nancy L.; Aslan, Anna K. Dahl; Oncel, Sevgi Y.; Aliev, Fazil; Derom, Catherine A.; Vlietinck, Robert F.; Loos, Ruth J. F.; Silberg, Judy L.; Maes, Hermine H.; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Sorensen, Thorkild I. A.; Korhonen, Tellervo; Kaprio, Jaakko; Silventoinen, Karri (Public Library Science, 2018-07-12)
      Background Smokers tend to weigh less than never smokers, while successful quitting leads to an increase in body weight. Because smokers and non-smokers may differ in genetic and environmental family background, we ...
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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 influences on human height from infancy through adulthood at different levels of parental education 

      Jelenkovic Moreno, Aline; Sund, Reijo; Yokoyama, Yoshie; Latvala, Antti; Sugawara, Masumi; Tanaka, Mami; Matsumoto, Satoko; Freitas, Duarte L.; Maia, José Antonio; Knafo Noam, Ariel; Mankuta, David; Abramson, Lior; Ji, Fuling; Ning, Feng; Pang, Zengchang; Rebato Ochoa, Esther Matilde; Saudino, Kimberly J.; Cutler, Tessa L.; Hopper, John L.; Ullemar, Vilhelmina; Almqvist, Catarina; Magnusson, Patrik K. E.; Cozen, Wendy; Hwang, Amie E.; Mack, Thomas M.; Nelson, Tracy L.; Whitfield, Keith E.; Sung, Joohon; Kim, Jina; Lee, Jooyeon; Lee, Sooji; Llewellyn, Clare H.; Fisher, Abigail; Medda, Emanuela; Nisticò, Lorenza; Toccaceli, Virgilia; Baker, Laura A.; Tuvblad, Catherine; Corley, Robin P.; Huibregtse, Brooke M.; Derom, Catherine A.; Vlietinck, Robert F.; Loos, Ruth J. F.; Burt, S. Alexandra; Klump, Kelly L.; Silberg, Judy L.; Maes, Hermine H.; Krueger, Robert F.; McGue, Matt; Pahlen, Shandell; Gatz, Margaret; Butler, David A.; Harris, Jennifer R.; Brandt, Ingunn; Nilsen, Thomas S.; Harden, K. Paige; Tucker-Drob, Elliot M.; Franz, Carol E.; Kremen, William S.; Lyons, Michael J.; Lichtenstein, Paul; Bartels, Meike; Van Beijsterveldt, Catharina E. M.; Willemsen, Gonneke; Öncel, Sevgi Y.; Aliev, Fazil; Jeong, Hoe-Uk; Hur, Yoon-Mi; Turkheimer, Eric; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Sørensen, Thorkild I. A.; Kaprio, Jaakko; Silventoinen, Karri (Nature, 2020-05-14)
      Genetic factors explain a major proportion of human height variation, but differences in mean stature have also been found between socio-economic categories suggesting a possible effect of environment. By utilizing a ...
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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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      Parental education and genetics of body mass index from infancy to old age: a pooled analysis of 29 twin cohorts 

      Silventoinen, Karri; Jelenkovic Moreno, Aline; Latvala, Antti; Yokoyama, Yoshie; Sund, Reijo; Sugawara, Masumi; Tanaka, Mami; Matsumoto, Satoko; Aaltonen, Sari; Piirtola, Maarit; Freitas, Duarte L.; Maia, José A.; Öncel, Sevgi Y.; Aliev, Fazil; Ji, Fuling; Ning, Feng; Pang, Zengchang; Rebato, Esther; Saudino, Kimberly J.; Cutler, Tessa L.; Hopper, John L.; Ullemar, Vilhelmina; Almqvist, Catarina; Magnusson, Patrik K. E.; Cozen, Wendy; Hwang, Amie E.; Mack, Thomas M.; Willemsen, Gonneke; Bartels, Meike; van Beijsterveld, Catharina E. M.; Nelson, Tracy L.; Whitfield, Keith E.; Sung, Joohon; Kim, Jina; Lee, Jooyeon; Lee, Sooji; Llewellyn, Clare H.; Fisher, Abigail; Medda, Emanuela; Nisticò, Lorenza; Toccaceli, Virgilia; Baker, Laura A.; Tuvblad, Catherine; Corley, Robin P.; Huibregtse, Brooke M.; Derom, Catherine A.; Vlietinck, Robert F.; Loos, Ruth J. F.; Knafo-Noam, Ariel; Mankuta, David; Abramson, Lior; Burt, S. Alexandra; Klump, Kelly L.; Silberg, Judy L.; Maes, Hermine H.; Krueger, Robert F.; McGue, Matt; Pahlen, Shandell; Gatz, Margaret; Butler, David A.; Harris, Jennifer R.; Nilsen, Thomas S.; Harden, K. Paige; Tucker-Drob, Elliot M.; Franz, Carol E.; Kremen, William S.; Lyons, Michael J.; Lichtenstein, Paul; Jeong, Hoe-Uk; Hur, Yoon-Mi; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Sørensen, Thorkild I. A.; Kaprio, Jaakko (Wiley, 2019-04-05)
      Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze how parental education modifies the genetic and environmental variances of BMI from infancy to old age in three geographic-cultural regions. Methods: A pooled sample ...
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      Physical Activity and Academic Performance: Genetic and Environmental Associations 

      Aaltonen, Sari; Latvala, Antti; Jelenkovic Moreno, Aline; Rose, Richard J.; Kujala, Urho M.; Kaprio, Jaakko; Silventoinen, Karri (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2020-02)
      Introduction: Physical activity and academic performance are believed to be associated. Though both traits are partially heritable, it remains unclear whether these traits also share a genetic and/or environmental ...