TY - JOUR
T1 - Genetic contributions to the association between height and intelligence: Evidence from Dutch twin data from childhood to middle age.
AU - Silventoinen, K.
AU - Posthuma, D.
AU - van Beijsterveldt, C.E.M.
AU - Bartels, M.
AU - Boomsma, D.I.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - A positive association between intelligence (IQ) and height has been reported previously. It is generally assumed that this association reflects the effect of childhood environment on IQ, but there is still little research supporting directly this hypothesis. We studied the association between height and IQ in 209 Dutch twin pairs at the ages of 5, 7, 10 and 12 years, 208 twin pairs at 16 and 18 years of age and 567 twin pairs and their siblings in adulthood. The heritability of height was high in all cohorts and across all ages (a
AB - A positive association between intelligence (IQ) and height has been reported previously. It is generally assumed that this association reflects the effect of childhood environment on IQ, but there is still little research supporting directly this hypothesis. We studied the association between height and IQ in 209 Dutch twin pairs at the ages of 5, 7, 10 and 12 years, 208 twin pairs at 16 and 18 years of age and 567 twin pairs and their siblings in adulthood. The heritability of height was high in all cohorts and across all ages (a
U2 - 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2006.00208.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2006.00208.x
M3 - Article
SN - 1601-1848
VL - 5
SP - 585
EP - 595
JO - Genes, Brain and Behavior
JF - Genes, Brain and Behavior
IS - 8
ER -