List of works by Karri Silventoinen

A prospective twin cohort study of disability pensions due to musculoskeletal diagnoses in relation to stability and change in pain

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A supportive family environment in childhood enhances the level and heritability of sense of coherence in early adulthood.

scientific article published on 12 March 2014

ACEt: An R Package for Estimating Dynamic Heritability and Comparing Twin Models.

scientific article published on 6 September 2017

Adolescent BMI greater than 50% is associated with adult cardiovascular-death risk

scientific article published on 01 November 2016

Advanced methods in twin studies

scientific article published on January 2011

Age- and sex-specific causal effects of adiposity on cardiovascular risk factors

scientific article published on 23 February 2015

Appetitive traits as behavioural pathways in genetic susceptibility to obesity: a population-based cross-sectional study

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Association between birthweight and later body mass index: an individual-based pooled analysis of 27 twin cohorts participating in the CODATwins project

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Association between education and future leisure-time physical inactivity: a study of Finnish twins over a 35-year follow-up

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Association between hand grip/body weight ratio and disability pension due to musculoskeletal disorders: a population-based cohort study of 1 million Swedish men.

scientific article published on 3 October 2011

Association between height and coronary heart disease mortality: a prospective study of 35,000 twin pairs

scientific article published on 16 February 2006

Association between intelligence and type-specific stroke: a population-based cohort study of early fatal and non-fatal stroke in one million Swedish men.

scientific article published on 14 October 2009

Association between long-term smoking and leisure-time physical inactivity: a cohort study among Finnish twins with a 35-year follow-up

scientific article published on 9 May 2017

Association between offspring intelligence and parental mortality: a population-based cohort study of one million Swedish men and their parents

scientific article published on August 2008

Association between physical and motor development in childhood: a longitudinal study of Japanese twins

scientific article published on 15 April 2014

Association between serum fatty acids and lipoprotein subclass profile in healthy young adults: exploring common genetic and environmental factors

scientific article published on 21 January 2014

Association of AKT1 with verbal learning, verbal memory, and regional cortical gray matter density in twins

scientific article published on July 2009

Association of birth order with cardiovascular disease risk factors in young adulthood: a study of one million Swedish men.

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Association of body size and muscle strength with incidence of coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular diseases: a population-based cohort study of one million Swedish men.

scientific article published on 25 November 2008

Association of current and former smoking with body mass index: A study of smoking discordant twin pairs from 21 twin cohorts

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Association of height and pubertal timing with lipoprotein subclass profile: exploring the role of genetic and environmental effects

scientific article published on 4 May 2013

Association of paternal IQ in early adulthood with offspring mortality and hospital admissions for injuries: a cohort study of 503 492 Swedish children

scientific article published on 17 April 2014

Association of socioeconomic status and cognitive functioning change among elderly Chinese people

scientific article published on 24 June 2016

Associations between IQ and cigarette smoking among Swedish male twins

scientific article published on 20 November 2009

Associations between birth size and later height from infancy through adulthood: An individual based pooled analysis of 28 twin cohorts participating in the CODATwins project.

scientific article published on 12 April 2018

Associations of SF-36 mental health functioning and work and family related factors with intentions to retire early among employees.

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Astringency Perception and Heritability Among Young Finnish Twins

Birth size and gestational age in opposite-sex twins as compared to same-sex twins: An individual-based pooled analysis of 21 cohorts.

scientific article published on 19 April 2018

Body Mass Index and Depressive Symptoms: Testing for Adverse and Protective Associations in Two Twin Cohort Studies

scientific article published on 8 April 2016

Cause-specific mortality of 1-year survivors of subarachnoid hemorrhage

scientific article published on 9 January 2013

Changing genetic architecture of body mass index from infancy to early adulthood: an individual based pooled analysis of 25 twin cohorts

scientific article published in October 2022

Cigarette smoking and alcohol use as predictors of disability retirement: A population-based cohort study

scientific article published on 10 August 2015

Coffee drinking in middle age is not associated with cognitive performance in old age

article by Venla S Laitala et al published 8 July 2009 in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Combined genome scans for body stature in 6,602 European twins: evidence for common Caucasian loci

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Correction to: Genetics of Perceived Family Interaction From 12 to 17 Years of Age

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

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Development of body mass index of Japanese triplets from birth until the onset of puberty

scientific article published on 13 June 2013

Differences in genetic and environmental variation in adult BMI by sex, age, time period, and region: an individual-based pooled analysis of 40 twin cohorts

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Disability pension due to musculoskeletal diagnoses: importance of work-related factors in a prospective cohort study of Finnish twins

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Disentangling the relative importance of different socioeconomic resources for myocardial infarction incidence and survival: a longitudinal study of over 300,000 Finnish adults

scientific article published on 19 November 2015

Does Obesity Modify the Effect of Blood Pressure on the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease?

scientific article published on 29 September 2008

Does the sex of one's co-twin affect height and BMI in adulthood? A study of dizygotic adult twins from 31 cohorts

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Early maturation and substance use across adolescence and young adulthood: A longitudinal study of Finnish twins

scientific article published on 20 April 2017

Early-life and adult socioeconomic determinants of myocardial infarction incidence and fatality

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Early-stage breast cancer is not associated with the risk of marital dissolution in a large prospective study of women

scientific article published on 16 July 2015

Eating styles, self-control and obesity indicators. The moderating role of obesity status and dieting history on restrained eating.

scientific article published on 9 May 2009

Education in Twins and Their Parents Across Birth Cohorts Over 100 years: An Individual-Level Pooled Analysis of 42-Twin Cohorts

scientific article published in October 2017

Education, Other Socioeconomic Characteristics Across the Life Course, and Fertility Among Finnish Men

scientific article published on 27 July 2017

Educational differences in completed fertility: a behavioral genetic study of Finnish male and female twins

scientific article published in August 2013

Educational inequalities in the metabolic syndrome and coronary heart disease among middle-aged men and women

article by Karri Silventoinen et al published 19 January 2005 in International Journal of Epidemiology

Effect of environmental and genetic factors on education-associated disparities in weight and weight gain: a study of Finnish adult twins

scientific article published in October 2004

Effect of family background on the educational gradient in lifetime fertility of Finnish women born 1940-50

scientific article published on 20 June 2014

Effects of Individual, Spousal, and Offspring Socioeconomic Status on Mortality Among Elderly People in China.

scientific article published on 30 April 2016

Effects of work and lifestyle on risk for future disability pension due to low back diagnoses: a 30-year prospective study of Finnish twins

scientific article published on November 2012

Emotional eating, depressive symptoms and self-reported food consumption. A population-based study

scientific article published on 4 February 2010

Environmental effects exceed genetic effects on perceived intensity and pleasantness of several odors: a three-population twin study

scientific article published on 10 June 2008

Estimating Modifying Effect of Age on Genetic and Environmental Variance Components in Twin Models

scientific article published on 11 February 2016

Ethnic differences in blood pressure in young men living in similar environment: a study of international adoptees in Sweden.

scientific article published in July 2010

Evidence that BMI and type 2 diabetes share only a minor fraction of genetic variance: a follow-up study of 23,585 monozygotic and dizygotic twins from the Finnish Twin Cohort Study

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Familial Resemblance in Dietary Intakes of Children, Adolescents, and Parents: Does Dietary Quality Play a Role?

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Family aggregation of cardiovascular disease mortality: a register-based prospective study of pooled Nordic twin cohorts.

scientific article published on 28 February 2017

Family background buys an education in Minnesota but not in Sweden

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Food Neophobia in Young Adults: Genetic Architecture and Relation to Personality, Pleasantness and Use Frequency of Foods, and Body Mass Index—A Twin Study

article by Antti J Knaapila et al published 16 October 2010 in Behavior Genetics

Food neophobia shows heritable variation in humans.

scientific article published on 30 March 2007

Gender Differences in Marital Status Moderation of Genetic and Environmental Influences on Subjective Health

scientific article published on 14 October 2015

Genetic Associations Between Personality Traits and Lifetime Reproductive Success in Humans

scientific article published on 9 August 2016

Genetic and Environmental Contributions to Perceived Intensity and Pleasantness of Androstenone Odor: An International Twin Study

article by Antti J Knaapila et al published 3 January 2008 in Chemosensory perception

Genetic and Environmental Effects on the Individual Variation and Continuity of Participation in Diverse Physical Activities

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Genetic and Environmental Factors Affecting Self-Rated Health from Age 16–25: A Longitudinal Study of Finnish Twins

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Genetic and environmental contributions to food use patterns of young adult twins

scientific article published on 5 September 2007

Genetic and environmental contributions to the association between anthropometric measures and iq: a study of Minnesota twins at age 11 and 17.

scientific article published on 4 December 2011

Genetic and environmental correlations between body mass index and waist circumference in China: the Qingdao adolescent twin study

scientific article published on 12 June 2013

Genetic and environmental effects on body mass index during adolescence: a prospective study among Finnish twins

scientific article published on 31 March 2009

Genetic and environmental effects on body mass index from infancy to the onset of adulthood: an individual-based pooled analysis of 45 twin cohorts participating in the COllaborative project of Development of Anthropometrical measures in Twins (CODA

scientific article published on 13 July 2016

Genetic and environmental factors affecting birth size variation: a pooled individual-based analysis of secular trends and global geographical differences using 26 twin cohorts.

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Genetic and environmental factors affecting self-esteem from age 14 to 17: a longitudinal study of Finnish twins

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Genetic and environmental factors in relative weight from birth to age 18: the Swedish young male twins study.

scientific article published on April 2007

Genetic and environmental factors influencing BMI development from adolescence to young adulthood

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Genetic and environmental influences on BMI from late childhood to adolescence are modified by parental education

scientific article published on 13 October 2011

Genetic and environmental influences on adult human height across birth cohorts from 1886 to 1994.

scientific article published on 14 December 2016

Genetic and environmental influences on cardiovascular disease risk factors: a study of Chinese twin children and adolescents

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Genetic and environmental influences on chest circumference during infancy: a longitudinal study of japanese twins

scientific article published on November 2012

Genetic and environmental influences on growth from late childhood to adulthood: a longitudinal study of two Finnish twin cohorts

scientific article published on 29 September 2011

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

scientific article published on 23 June 2016

Genetic and environmental influences on human height from infancy through adulthood at different levels of parental education

scientific article published on 14 May 2020

Genetic and environmental influences on pubertal timing assessed by height growth

scientific article published on July 2008

Genetic and environmental variation in educational attainment: an individual-based analysis of 28 twin cohorts

scientific article published on 29 July 2020

Genetic architecture of motives for leisure-time physical activity: a twin study

scientific article published on 5 October 2016

Genetic contribution to sour taste preference

Genetic contributions to the association between height and intelligence: Evidence from Dutch twin data from childhood to middle age

scientific article published in November 2006

Genetic epidemiology of spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage: Nordic Twin Study

scientific article published on 16 September 2010

Genetic influences on growth traits of BMI: a longitudinal study of adult twins.

scientific article published on 31 January 2008

Genetic influences on the difference in variability of height, weight and body mass index between Caucasian and East Asian adolescent twins

scientific article published on 09 September 2008

Genetic liability to disability pension in women and men: a prospective population-based twin study

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Genetic predisposition to obesity, restrained eating and changes in body weight: a population-based prospective study.

scientific article published on 21 November 2017

Genetic regulation of growth from birth to 18 years of age: the Swedish young male twins study

scientific article published on May 2008

Genetic regulation of growth in height and weight from 3 to 12 years of age: a longitudinal study of Dutch twin children

scientific article published in April 2007

Genetics of Perceived Family Interaction From 12 to 17 Years of Age

scientific article published on 24 May 2019

Genetics of coffee consumption and its stability

scientific article published on December 2008

Genetics of head circumference in infancy: a longitudinal study of Japanese twins

scientific article published on 31 May 2011

Genetics of pre-pubertal growth: a longitudinal study of Japanese twins

scientific article published on 10 June 2011

Genetics of pubertal timing and its associations with relative weight in childhood and adult height: the Swedish Young Male Twins Study.

scientific article published in April 2008

Genetics of somatotype and physical fitness in children and adolescents

scientific article published on 07 July 2020

Genetics of the association between intelligence and nicotine dependence: a study of male Swedish twins

scientific article published on May 2011

Genetics of tracking of body mass index from birth to late middle age: evidence from twin and family studies

scientific article published on 03 June 2009

Growth in height in childhood and risk of coronary heart disease in adult men and women

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Health-related and sociodemographic risk factors for disability pension due to low back disorders: a 30-year prospective Finnish Twin Cohort Study

scientific article published in May 2011

Health-related risk factors for disability pensions due to musculoskeletal diagnoses: a 30-year Finnish twin cohort study

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Height growth of triplets from birth to 12 years of age in Japan

scientific article published in October 2011

Height, age at first birth, and lifetime reproductive success: a prospective cohort study of Finnish male and female twins

scientific article published on 8 January 2013

Heritability of body height and educational attainment in an international context: comparison of adult twins in Minnesota and Finland

scientific article published on September 2004

Heritability of body size and muscle strength in young adulthood: a study of one million Swedish men.

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Heritability of the Number of Teeth in Middle-Aged and Older Danish Twins.

scientific article published on August 2017

Identifying flavor preference subgroups. Genetic basis and related eating behavior traits

scientific article published on 19 December 2013

Intentional weight loss and smoking in young adults

Intentions to retire, life dissatisfaction and the subsequent risk of disability retirement

scientific article published on 29 January 2009

Is later better or worse? Association of advanced parental age with offspring cognitive ability among half a million young Swedish men.

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Joint association between education and polygenic risk score for incident coronary heart disease events: a longitudinal population-based study of 26 203 men and women

scientific article published on 06 January 2021

Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Academic Performance: Cross-Lagged Associations from Adolescence to Young Adulthood.

scientific article published on 15 December 2016

Leisure-time physical activity and type 2 diabetes during a 28 year follow-up in twins

article by Katja Waller et al published 13 August 2010 in Diabetologia

Leisure-time physical inactivity and association with body mass index: a Finnish Twin Study with a 35-year follow-up

scientific article published on 01 February 2017

Living arrangements as determinants of myocardial infarction incidence and survival: A prospective register study of over 300,000 Finnish men and women.

scientific article published on 31 March 2015

Marital status and genetic liability independently predict coronary heart disease incidence

scientific article published in 2022

Maternal subjective well-being and preventive health care system in Japan and Finland.

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Modifiable environmental influences on body mass index shared by young adult brothers

scientific article published on 04 September 2012

Modification effects of physical activity and protein intake on heritability of body size and composition

scientific article published on 26 August 2009

Motives for physical activity in older men and women: A twin study using accelerometer-measured physical activity

scientific article published on 07 April 2020

Motor Development and Physical Activity: A Longitudinal Discordant Twin-Pair Study

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Motor development of triplets: a Japanese prospective cohort study.

scientific article published in April 2011

Multicenter dizygotic twin cohort study confirms two linkage susceptibility loci for body mass index at 3q29 and 7q36 and identifies three further potential novel loci

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Noise sensitivity and disability retirement: a longitudinal twin study

scientific article published in April 2013

Occupational class differences in body mass index and weight gain in Japan and Finland

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Parental Education and Genetics of BMI from Infancy to Old Age: A Pooled Analysis of 29 Twin Cohorts

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Persistent smoking as a predictor of disability pension due to musculoskeletal diagnoses: a 23 year prospective study of Finnish twins

scientific article published on 18 October 2013

Personality traits and life dissatisfaction as risk factors for disability pension due to low back diagnoses: a 30-year longitudinal cohort study of Finnish twins

scientific article published on 28 July 2012

Physical Activity and Academic Performance: Genetic and Environmental Associations

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

Physical activity reduces the influence of genetic effects on BMI and waist circumference: a study in young adult twins.

scientific article published on 2 December 2008

Physical activity, body mass index, and risk of type 2 diabetes in patients with normal or impaired glucose regulation

scientific article published in April 2004

Physical activity, morbidity and mortality in twins: a 24-year prospective follow-up

article by Katja Waller et al published 3 August 2010 in European Journal of Epidemiology

Physical work load and psychological stress of daily activities as predictors of disability pension due to musculoskeletal disorders

scientific article published on 7 March 2014

Pleasantness of the odor of androstenone as a function of sexual intercourse experience in women and men.

scientific article published on 2 July 2011

Pre-existing depression predicts survival in cardiovascular disease and cancer.

scientific article published on 26 February 2018

Pubertal timing and growth influences cardiometabolic risk factors in adult males and females

scientific article published on 14 February 2012

Register-based study among employees showed small nonparticipation bias in health surveys and check-ups.

scientific article published on 16 May 2008

Risk factors and their combined effects on the incidence rate of subarachnoid hemorrhage--a population-based cohort study

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Selective international migration by social position, health behaviour and personality

scientific article published on 14 June 2007

Self-Ratings of Olfactory Function Reflect Odor Annoyance Rather than Olfactory Acuity

Sense of coherence and intentions to retire early among Finnish women and men.

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Sense of coherence and its determinants: A comparative study of the Finnish-speaking majority and the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

Sex of preceding sibling and anthropometrics of subsequent offspring at birth and in young adulthood: a population-based study in Sweden.

scientific article published on 13 May 2014

Shift-work and cardiovascular disease: a population-based 22-year follow-up study

scientific article published on 14 March 2010

Shorter adult stature increases the impact of risk factors for cognitive impairment: a comparison of two Nordic twin cohorts

scientific article published on December 2011

Sibling analysis of adolescent intelligence and chronic diseases in older adulthood.

scientific article published on 25 March 2011

Sleep patterns as predictors for disability pension due to low back diagnoses: a 23-year longitudinal study of Finnish twins

scientific article published on June 2013

Smoking cessation by socioeconomic status and marital status: the contribution of smoking behavior and family background

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Social modifications of the multiple birth effect on IQ and body size: a population-based study of young adult males.

scientific article published on 15 April 2013

Socio-economic disparities in the consumption of vegetables, fruit and energy-dense foods: the role of motive priorities.

scientific article published on 3 August 2012

Socio-economic status and abdominal obesity among Finnish adults from 1992 to 2002

article by S Sarlio-Lähteenkorva et al published 11 April 2006 in International Journal of Obesity

Socioeconomic Status and Physical Functioning: A Longitudinal Study of Older Chinese People.

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Stability and change of body mass index as a predictor of disability pension

scientific article published on 19 January 2016

Stable intergenerational associations of childhood overweight during the development of the obesity epidemic

scientific article published on 9 May 2015

Sustainable Working Life in a Swedish Twin Cohort-A Definition Paper with Sample Overview

article by Annina Ropponen et al published 28 May 2021 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

The Associations Between Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Academic Performance: A Twin Study

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The Authors Respond

The CODATwins Project: The Cohort Description of Collaborative Project of Development of Anthropometrical Measures in Twins to Study Macro-Environmental Variation in Genetic and Environmental Effects on Anthropometric Traits

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The Genetic Background of Metabolic Trait Clusters in Children and Adolescents

scientific article published on 20 July 2017

The Interplay between Genes and Psychosocial Home Environment on Physical Activity.

scientific article published on 29 November 2017

The Older Finnish Twin Cohort - 45 Years of Follow-up

scientific article published on 29 August 2019

The Spillover Influence of Partner's Education on Myocardial Infarction Incidence and Survival

scientific article published on 9 November 2017

The association between body height and coronary heart disease among Finnish twins and singletons

scientific article published in February 2003

The association between height and birth order: evidence from 652,518 Swedish men.

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The effects of childhood circumstances, adult socioeconomic status, and material circumstances on physical and mental functioning: a structural equation modelling approach.

scientific article published on 28 March 2007

The effects of parental education on exercise behavior in childhood and youth: a study in Dutch and Finnish twins.

scientific article published on 25 July 2016

The genetic and environmental influences on childhood obesity: a systematic review of twin and adoption studies

scientific article published on 15 September 2009

The genetic architecture of body mass index from infancy to adulthood modified by parental education

scientific article published on 30 July 2016

The genetic liability to disability retirement: a 30-year follow-up study of 24,000 Finnish twins

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The validity of the Finnish Diabetes Risk Score for the prediction of the incidence of coronary heart disease and stroke, and total mortality

scientific article published on October 2005

Trends in obesity and energy supply in the WHO MONICA Project

scientific article published on 01 May 2004

Trends in parent-child correlations of childhood body mass index during the development of the obesity epidemic

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Triplets, birthweight, and handedness.

scientific article published on 14 May 2018

Twin's Birth-Order Differences in Height and Body Mass Index From Birth to Old Age: A Pooled Study of 26 Twin Cohorts Participating in the CODATwins Project

scientific article published on April 2016

Weight growth of triplet infants from birth to twelve years of age.

scientific article published on 3 July 2012

Weight status in young adulthood and survival after cardiovascular diseases and cancer.

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Zygosity Differences in Height and Body Mass Index of Twins From Infancy to Old Age: A Study of the CODATwins Project

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gamma-Glutamyltransferase, obesity, and the risk of type 2 diabetes: observational cohort study among 20,158 middle-aged men and women

scientific article published on 01 November 2004