TY - JOUR
T1 - Body composition, smoking, and spontaneous dizygotic twinning
AU - Hoekstra, C.
AU - Willemsen, G.
AU - van Beijsterveldt, C.E.M.
AU - Lambalk, C.B.
AU - Montgomery, GW
AU - Boomsma, D.I.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Objective: To examine differences in body composition and smoking between mothers of spontaneous monozygotic and dizygotic twins, while taking into account maternal age, gravidity, and educational attainment. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Setting: The Netherlands Twin Register. Patient(s): Mothers of twins (n = 19,357) registered with the Netherlands Twin Register. Data were selected from mothers of spontaneous monozygotic twins (MZ; n = 5663) and mothers of spontaneous dizygotic twins (DZ; n = 8515). Intervention(s): None. Main Outcome Measure(s): The odds of having spontaneous DZ twins versus spontaneous MZ twins as a function of height, body mass index (BMI), and smoking before pregnancy, after accounting for age, gravidity, and educational attainment. Result(s): Compared with spontaneous MZ twinning, spontaneous DZ twinning is significantly associated with increasing height (odds ratio, 1.6; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.5-1.8 for the tallest versus the shortest height quartile), an increased BMI (odds ratio, 1.3; 95% CI, 1.1-1.4 for overweight vs. normal weight), and smoking before the twin pregnancy (odds ratio, 1.4; 95% CI, 1.3-1.5 for smoker vs. nonsmoker). Maternal age and gravidity, but not educational attainment, had to be included in the model. Conclusion(s): Spontaneous dizygotic twinning is associated with body composition and smoking. © 2010 American Society for Reproductive Medicine.
AB - Objective: To examine differences in body composition and smoking between mothers of spontaneous monozygotic and dizygotic twins, while taking into account maternal age, gravidity, and educational attainment. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Setting: The Netherlands Twin Register. Patient(s): Mothers of twins (n = 19,357) registered with the Netherlands Twin Register. Data were selected from mothers of spontaneous monozygotic twins (MZ; n = 5663) and mothers of spontaneous dizygotic twins (DZ; n = 8515). Intervention(s): None. Main Outcome Measure(s): The odds of having spontaneous DZ twins versus spontaneous MZ twins as a function of height, body mass index (BMI), and smoking before pregnancy, after accounting for age, gravidity, and educational attainment. Result(s): Compared with spontaneous MZ twinning, spontaneous DZ twinning is significantly associated with increasing height (odds ratio, 1.6; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.5-1.8 for the tallest versus the shortest height quartile), an increased BMI (odds ratio, 1.3; 95% CI, 1.1-1.4 for overweight vs. normal weight), and smoking before the twin pregnancy (odds ratio, 1.4; 95% CI, 1.3-1.5 for smoker vs. nonsmoker). Maternal age and gravidity, but not educational attainment, had to be included in the model. Conclusion(s): Spontaneous dizygotic twinning is associated with body composition and smoking. © 2010 American Society for Reproductive Medicine.
U2 - 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.10.012
DO - 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.10.012
M3 - Article
SN - 0015-0282
VL - 93
SP - 885
EP - 893
JO - Fertility and Sterility
JF - Fertility and Sterility
IS - 3
ER -