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Growth Characteristics in Twins and Higher Order Multiple Births

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

J.M.H. Buckler  and
J.B. Buckler
J.M.H. Buckler*
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Leeds, UK
J.B. Buckler
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Leeds, UK
*
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, D Floor, Clarendon Wing, The General Infirmary, Leeds LS2 9NS, UK

Abstract

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Measurements of height and weight have been undertaken on 201 pairs of twins and 46 sets of higher multiples once each at various ages through childhood. The heights of twins are comparable to the overall population of singletons, those of higher multiples are slightly undersized. However, the total group of twins were shorter than expected when compared with the heights of parents and siblings, but this was entirely accounted for by that component of the group who at birth had been very light for dates. The children in all groups of multiples were underweight for their height in comparison with standards of a comparable population and with their own siblings.

Keywords

TwinsHigher multiplesHeightWeightSize at birth
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , April 1987 , pp. 197 - 208
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1987

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