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Associations Between Birth Size and Later Height From Infancy Through Adulthood: an Individual Based Pooled Analysis of 28 Twin Cohorts Participating in the Codatwins Project
(Elsevier Ireland, 2018-05)
Background: There is evidence that birth size is positively associated with height in later life, but it remains unclear whether this is explained by genetic factors or the intrauterine environment.
Aim: To analyze the ...
Genetic and environmental factors affecting birth size variation: a pooled individual-based analysis of secular trends and global geographical differences using 26 twin cohorts
(Oxford University Press, 2018-05-19)
Background: The genetic architecture of birth size may differ geographically and over
time. We examined differences in the genetic and environmental contributions to birthweight,
length and ponderal index (PI) across ...