Twinship influence on morbidity and mortality across the lifespan | Zendy

Anna Sara Öberg | Zendy; Sven Cnattingius | Zendy; Sven Sandin | Zendy; Paul Lichtenstein | Zendy; Ruth Morley | Zendy; Anastasia Iliadou | Zendy

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Twinship influence on morbidity and mortality across the lifespan

Author(s) -

Anna Sara Öberg,

Sven Cnattingius,

Sven Sandin,

Paul Lichtenstein,

Ruth Morley,

Anastasia Iliadou

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dys067

Subject(s) - singleton , medicine , demography , population , proportional hazards model , disease , pediatrics , pregnancy , environmental health , genetics , surgery , pathology , sociology , biology

Studies in twins may be questioned with respect to their representativeness of the general population, not least considering the potential importance of the fetal environment for future health and disease. To better understand the influence twinning may have on health, we investigated long-term health outcomes of twins, their singleton siblings and singletons from the population.

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