Commentary: Twins, low birthweight and type 2 diabetes
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Birthweight in dizygotic twins.
weight was self-reported. Among the complete 139 twin pairs, the mean difference in intra-pair birth weight difference was –24 gram (95 % confidence interval; –863 gram to +815 gram). Although, the mean differences between self-reported and measured birth weight/intra-pair birth weight difference is small (6.2 gram), the confidence intervals are very wide, and reflect that there are considerabl...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1464-3685
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh217