Advanced search
Publication Cover
Annals of Human Biology Volume 4, 1977 - Issue 5
Submit an article Journal homepage
20
Views
32
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Article

A comparison of growth in twins and singleton controls of matched age followed longitudinally from 10 to 18 years

Bengt-Olov Ljung Department of Educational Research, School of Education, Stockholm, Sweden
,
Siv Fischbein Department of Educational Research, School of Education, Stockholm, Sweden
&
Gunilla Lindgren Department of Educational Research, School of Education, Stockholm, Sweden
Pages 405-415 | Received 05 Jul 1976, Published online: 09 Jul 2009

Citations (32)

Keep up to date with the latest research on this topic with citation updates for this article.

Subscribe to citation updates

Read on this site (11)

J. van der Mei, T. Heijstra & E. R. Boersma. (2003) Growth patterns and survival rates of twins in a rural area of Ghana: a follow-up study from birth to adulthood. Annals of Tropical Paediatrics 23:2, pages 107-120.
Read now
G. Beunen, M. Thomis, H. H. Maes, R. Loos, R. M. Malina, A. L. Claessens, R. Vlietinck. (2000) Genetic variance of adolescent growth in stature. Annals of Human Biology 27:2, pages 173-186.
Read now
G. Corney. (1987) Scientific Proceedings of the Multiple Birth Symposium, Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital, 3 October 1986. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 8:1, pages 70-86.
Read now
Theo Gasser, Hans-Georg Müller, Walter Köhler, Andrea Prader, Remo Largo & Luciano Molinari. (1985) An analysis of the mid-growth and adolescent spurts of height based on acceleration. Annals of Human Biology 12:2, pages 129-148.
Read now
J.C. Sharma. (1983) The genetic contribution to pubertal growth and development studied by longitudinal growth data on twins. Annals of Human Biology 10:2, pages 163-171.
Read now
S. Fischbein. (1983) Intra-pair similarity in physical growth of opposite-sex twin pairs during puberty. Annals of Human Biology 10:2, pages 135-145.
Read now
R.C. Hauspie, S.R. Das, M.A. Preece & J.M. Tanner. (1982) Degree of resemblance of the pattern of growth among sibs in families of West Bengal (India). Annals of Human Biology 9:2, pages 171-174.
Read now
R.S. Wilson. (1979) Twin growth: Initial deficit, recovery, and trends in concordance from birth to nine years. Annals of Human Biology 6:3, pages 205-220.
Read now
S. Fischbein. (1979) Intra-pair similarity in IQ of monozygotic and dizygotic male twins at 12 and 18 years of age. Annals of Human Biology 6:6, pages 495-504.
Read now
Siv Fischbein & Torbjörn Nordqvist. (1978) Profile comparisons of physical growth for monozygotic and dizygotic twin pairs. Annals of Human Biology 5:4, pages 321-328.
Read now
Siv Fischbein. (1977) Intra-pair similarity in physical growth of monozygotic and of dizygotic twins during puberty. Annals of Human Biology 4:5, pages 417-430.
Read now

Articles from other publishers (21)

W. Eriksen, J. M. Sundet & K. Tambs. (2013) Adult Body Height of Twins Compared With That of Singletons: A Register-based Birth Cohort Study of Norwegian Males. American Journal of Epidemiology 177:9, pages 1015-1019.
Crossref
G. Frederiek Estourgie-van Burk, Meike Bartels, Toos C. E. M. van Beijsterveldt, Henriette A. Delemarre-van de Waal & Dorret I. Boomsma. (2012) Body Size in Five-Year-Old Twins: Heritability and Comparison to Singleton Standards. Twin Research and Human Genetics 9:5, pages 646-655.
Crossref
Anna-Lena Lange. (2012) Coping Ability at Mid-life in Relation to Genetic and Environmental Influences at Adolescence: A Follow-up of Swedish Twins from Adolescence to Mid-life. Twin Research 6:04, pages 344-350.
Crossref
A. K. Bhalla. (2003) Growth attainments of well-off chandigarh children: A mixed longitudinal study. International Journal of Anthropology 18:3, pages 113-125.
Crossref
Alex F. Roche & Shumei S. Sun. 2009. Human Growth. Human Growth.
Kirsi H. Pietiläinen, Jaakko Kaprio, Maija Räsänen, Aila Rissanen & Richard J. Rose. (2012) Genetic and Environmental Influences on the Tracking of Body Size from Birth to Early Adulthood. Obesity Research 10:9, pages 875-884.
Crossref
S. Ooki & A. Asaka. (2014) Physical Growth of Japanese Twins. Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research 42:3-4, pages 275-287.
Crossref
P.H. Burke. (2014) Intrapair Facial Differences in Twins. Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research 38:1-2, pages 37-47.
Crossref
G. W-LINDGREN. (1989) Auxology and Education: Some Educational Implications from the Relationships between Physical and Mental Growth in Swedish Schoolchildren. Acta Paediatrica 78:s350, pages 105-120.
Crossref
J.M.H. Buckler & J.B. Buckler. (2014) Growth Characteristics in Twins and Higher Order Multiple Births. Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research 36:2, pages 197-208.
Crossref
S. Fischbein & N.L. Pedersen. (2014) Multivariate Analysis of Genetic and Environmental Influences for Longitudinal Height and Weight Data. Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research 36:2, pages 171-180.
Crossref
William A. Marshall & James M. Tanner. 1986. Postnatal Growth Neurobiology. Postnatal Growth Neurobiology 171 209 .
Stephen M. Bailey & Stanley M. Garn. 1986. Methodology Ecological, Genetic, and Nutritional Effects on Growth. Methodology Ecological, Genetic, and Nutritional Effects on Growth 169 195 .
P. Bergman & M. Gorcy. (1984) The timing of adolescent growth spurts of ten body dimensions in boys and girls of the Wrocŀaw longitudinal twin study. Journal of Human Evolution 13:4, pages 339-347.
Crossref
Siv Fischbein. (2014) Self- and Teacher-Rated School Adjustment in MZ and DZ Twins. Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research 33:2, pages 205-212.
Crossref
Gunilla Westin-Lindgren. 1984. Human Growth and Development. Human Growth and Development 705 717 .
Siv Fischbein. (1980) IQ and social class. Intelligence 4:1, pages 51-63.
Crossref
Charles Susanne. 1980. Human Physical Growth and Maturation. Human Physical Growth and Maturation 221 242 .
Siv Fischbein. (2016) Heredity-Environment Interaction in the Development of Twins. International Journal of Behavioral Development 1:4, pages 313-322.
Crossref
Lars-Magnus Engström & Siv Fischbein. (2014) Physical Capacity in Twins. Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae 26:2, pages 159-165.
Crossref
Siv Fischbein. (2014) Onset of Puberty in MZ and DZ Twins. Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae 26:2, pages 151-157.
Crossref

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.