Genetic and environmental influences on height from infancy to early adulthood: An individual-based pooled analysis of 45 twin cohorts

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Jelenkovic, Aline ^a,b   Sund, Reijo ^a   Hur, Yoon Mi ^c   Yokoyama, Yoshie ^d   Hjelmborg, Jacob V B ^e   Möller, Sören ^e   Honda, Chika ^f   Magnusson, Patrik K E ^g   Pedersen, Nancy L ^g   Ooki, Syuichi ^h   Aaltonen, Sari ^a   Stazi, Maria A ⁱ   Fagnani, Corrado ⁱ   D'Ippolito, Cristina ⁱ   Freitas, Duarte L ^j   Maia, José Antonio ^k   Ji, Fuling ^l   Ning, Feng ^l   Pang, Zengchang ^l   Rebato, Esther ^b   Busjahn, Andreas ^m   Kandler, Christian ⁿ   Saudino, Kimberly J ^o   Jang, Kerry L ^p   Cozen, Wendy ^q,r   Hwang, Amie E ^q   Mack, Thomas M ^q,r   Gao, Wenjing ^s   Yu, Canqing ^s   Li, Liming ^s   Corley, Robin P ^t   Huibregtse, Brooke M ^t   Derom, Catherine A ^u,v   Vlietinck, Robert F ^u   Loos, Ruth J F ^w   Heikkilä, Kauko ^a   Wardle, Jane ^x   Llewellyn, Clare H ^x   Fisher, Abigail ^x   McAdams, Tom A ^y   Eley, Thalia C ^y   Gregory, Alice M ^z   He, Mingguang ^aa,ab   Ding, Xiaohu ^aa   Bjerregaard Andersen, Morten ^ac,ad,ae   Beck Nielsen, Henning ^ae   Sodemann, Morten ^ae   Tarnoki, Adam D ^af,ag   Tarnoki, David L ^af,ag   Knafo Noam, Ariel ^ah   Mankuta, David ^ai   Abramson, Lior ^ah   Burt, S Alexandra ^aj   Klump, Kelly L ^aj   Silberg, Judy L ^ak   Eaves, Lindon J ^ak   Maes, Hermine H ^al   Krueger, Robert F ^am   McGue, Matt ^am   Pahlen, Shandell ^am   Gatz, Margaret ^g,an   Butler, David A ^ao   Bartels, Meike ^ap   Van Beijsterveldt, Toos C E M ^ap   Craig, Jeffrey M ^ab,aq   Saffery, Richard ^ab,aq   Dubois, Lise ^ar   Boivin, Michel ^as,at   Brendgen, Mara ^au   Dionne, Ginette ^as   Vitaro, Frank ^av   Martin, Nicholas G ^aw   Medland, Sarah E ^aw   Montgomery, Grant W ^aw   Swan, Gary E ^ax   Krasnow, Ruth ^ay   Tynelius, Per ^g   Lichtenstein, Paul ^g   Haworth, Claire M A ^az   Plomin, Robert ^y   Bayasgalan, Gombojav ^ba   Narandalai, Danshiitsoodol ^ba,bb   Harden, K Paige ^bc   Tucker Drob, Elliot M ^bc   Spector, Timothy ^bd   Mangino, Massimo ^bd   Lachance, Genevieve ^bd   Baker, Laura A ^an   Tuvblad, Catherine ^an,be   Duncan, Glen E ^bf   Buchwald, Dedra ^bg   Willemsen, Gonneke ^ap   Skytthe, Axel ^e   Kyvik, Kirsten O ^e,ae   Christensen, Kaare ^e,ae   Öncel, Sevgi Y ^bh   Aliev, Fazil ^ak   Rasmussen, Finn ^g   Goldberg, Jack H ^bi   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^bj,bk   Boomsma, Dorret I ^ap   Kaprio, Jaakko ^a,bl   Silventoinen, Karri ^a,f   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c Mokpo National University   (South Korea)

^d Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^h ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL NURSING UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^l Qingdao Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^m HealthTwist GmbH   (Germany)

ⁿ BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^o BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^q UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^s PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^t UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^v GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^w MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^x UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^y MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^z UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^aa SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^ac Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (Guinea-Bissau)

^ad STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^ae ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^af SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^ag Hungarian Twin Registry   (Hungary)

^ah HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^ai HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^aj MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ak VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^al VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^am UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^an UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^ao NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^ap VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^aq ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^ar UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^as UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^at TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^au UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^av UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^aw QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^ax STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ay SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^az UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^ba Healthy Twin Association of Mongolia   (Mongolia)

^bb HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^bc UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^bd KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^be Örebro University   (Sweden)

^bf WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^bg WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^bh KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^bi UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^bj UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^bk The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^bl NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULTHOOD; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; EUROPE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETIC VARIATION; GIRL; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NORTH AMERICA; ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FAR EAST; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; FAR EAST; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84975709466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep28496     Document Type: Article

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