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2085068

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-5-15
pubmed:abstractText
A case-control study was conducted to evaluate the association between maternal age and parity and dizygotic (DZ) and monozygotic (MZ) twinning, respectively. Mothers of all twins born alive in Denmark in 1984 or 1985 were included into the study as cases, and a random sample of mothers of singletons were controls. Data on maternal age at delivery and number of previous births were collected from the Danish Medical Birth Register. By means of logistic regression analysis, a significant and positive association was found between maternal age and DZ twinning, and a significant and negative association between parity and MZ twinning. No association was found for parity and DZ twinning, nor for maternal age and MZ twinning. The study suggests that human MZ twinning has predictors too, as has DZ twinning. The finding has implications for zygosity classification in future twin research.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-5660
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
329-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Maternal age and parity as predictors of human twinning.
pubmed:affiliation
Cytogenetic Laboratory, Aarhus Psychiatric Hospital, Risskov, Denmark.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't