Authors: Jeffrey M. Craig, Claire M. A. Haworth, Ariel Knafo-Noam, Jina Kim, Sooji Lee, Patrik K. E. Magnusson, Per Tynelius, Lise Dubois, Richard Saffery, Matt McGue, Michel Boivin, Henning Beck-Nielsen, Esther Rebato, Aline Jelenkovic, Danshiitsoodol Narandalai, Catherine Derom, Catharina E.M. van Beijsterveld, Shandell Pahlen, Kelly L. Klump, Ruth J. F. Loos, Catarina Almqvist, Yoshie Yokoyama, Feng Ning, Kauko Heikkilä, Lior Abramson, Mara Brendgen, Corrado Fagnani, Yoon-Mi Hur, Finn Rasmussen, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, Morten Bjerregaard-Andersen, Syuichi Ooki, Fuling Ji, Joohon Sung, Keith E. Whitfield, Gombojav Bayasgalan, S. Alexandra Burt, Robert Plomin, Robert F. Krueger, Ingunn Brandt, Sonia Brescianini, Clare H. Llewellyn, Jooyeon Lee, David Mankuta, Morten Sodemann, Jaakko Kaprio, Frank Vitaro, Kimberly J. Saudino, Ginette Dionne, Reijo Sund, Tessa L. Cutler, Maria Antonietta Stazi, Adam Domonkos Tarnoki, Kirsi H. Pietiläinen, Meike Bartels, Thomas Sevenius Nilsen, Robert Vlietinck, Karri Silventoinen, Vilhelmina Ullemar, Brooke M. Huibregtse, Tracy L. Nelson, Robin P. Corley, Dorret I. Boomsma, Abigail Fisher, John L. Hopper, David Laszlo Tarnoki, Zengchang Pang, Gonneke Willemsen, Jennifer R. Harris

Venue: Early Human Development

Type: Publication

Abstract: 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.To analyze the associations of birth weight, length and ponderal index with height from infancy through adulthood within mono- and dizygotic twin pairs, which provides insights into the role of genetic and environmental individual-specific factors.This study is based on the data from 28 twin cohorts in 17 countries. The pooled data included 41,852 complete twin ... (read more)

DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2018.04.004