Genetic and environmental influences on infant growth: prospective analysis of the Gemini twin birth cohort

Laura Johnson; Clare H Llewellyn; Cornelia H M van Jaarsveld; Tim J Cole; Jane Wardle

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Genetic and environmental influences on infant growth: prospective analysis of the Gemini twin birth cohort

Laura Johnson, Clare H Llewellyn, Cornelia H M van Jaarsveld, Tim J Cole, Jane Wardle

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Infancy is a critical period during which rapid growth potentially programs future disease risk. Identifying the modifiable determinants of growth is therefore important. To capture the complexity of infant growth, we modeled growth trajectories from birth to six months in order to compare the genetic and environmental influences on growth trajectory parameters with single time-point measures at birth, three and six months of age.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e19918
Journal	PLoS ONE
Volume	6
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0019918
Publication status	Published - 2011

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