Birth weight predicts risk of cardiovascular disease within dizygotic but not monozygotic twin pairs: A large population-based co-twin-control study

Circulation

Volumn 123, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 2792-2798

  Öberg, Sara ^a   Cnattingius, Sven ^a   Sandin, Sven ^b   Lichtenstein, Paul ^a   Iliadou, Anastasia N ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

birth weight; cardiovascular diseases; fetal development; stroke; twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 79959513953     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.987339     Document Type: Article

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