Secular trends in gestational age and birthweight in twins | Zendy

Marij Gielen | Zendy; C.E.M. van Beijsterveldt | Zendy; Cathérine Derom | Zendy; Robert Vlietinck | Zendy; Jan G. Nijhuis | Zendy; Maurice P. Zeegers | Zendy; Dorret I. Boomsma | Zendy

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Secular trends in gestational age and birthweight in twins

Author(s) -

Marij Gielen,

C.E.M. van Beijsterveldt,

Cathérine Derom,

Robert Vlietinck,

Jan G. Nijhuis,

Maurice P. Zeegers,

Dorret I. Boomsma

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

human reproduction

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446

H-Index - 226

eISSN - 1460-2350

pISSN - 0268-1161

DOI - 10.1093/humrep/deq160

Subject(s) - gestational age , obstetrics , gestation , medicine , dizygotic twins , demography , fertility , secular variation , pregnancy , live birth , pediatrics , population , biology , environmental health , genetics , sociology

In recent decades, the overall rate of preterm births has increased. The aim of the present study was to examine whether this trend is also seen for multiple gestations. More specifically, we examined if there has been a decrease in gestational age for live born monozygotic (MZ) and dizygotic (DZ) twins and if there has been a simultaneous change in birthweight. The contributions of fertility treatments and Caesarean sections were taken into consideration. All analyses were carried out in two large European twin cohorts.

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