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Weight and Height Growth in Twins and Children Born in the Last Decade

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

A. Alfieri ,
I. Gatti  and
A.C. Alfieri
A. Alfieri*
Affiliation:
The Gregor Mendel Institute of Medical Genetics and Twin Studies, Rome, Italy
I. Gatti
Affiliation:
The Gregor Mendel Institute of Medical Genetics and Twin Studies, Rome, Italy
A.C. Alfieri
Affiliation:
The Gregor Mendel Institute of Medical Genetics and Twin Studies, Rome, Italy
*
Istituto Mendel, Piazza Galeno, 5, 00161 Roma, Italy

Abstract

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Weight and height growth has been examined in 400 twins and 229 singletons born 1975-1985. Periodical measurements have been taken from 0 to 7 years of age. As compared to values obtained in a previous study of twins and singletons born 1960-1974, though limited to the first year of age, twins appear to continue to do worse than singletons in their growth. However, height values appear to have become higher in the first year of age in both twins and singletons born 1975-1985.

Keywords

HeightWeightLongitudinal studyTwins
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , April 1987 , pp. 209 - 211
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1987