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Height Growth of Triplets from Birth to 12 Years of Age in Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2012

Yoshie Yokoyama ,
Masako Sugimoto ,
Janne Pitkäniemi ,
Jaakko Kaprio  and
Karri Silventoinen
Yoshie Yokoyama*
Affiliation:
Department of Community Health Nursing, Osaka City University, Japan. yyokoyama@nurs.osaka-cu.ac.jp
Masako Sugimoto
Affiliation:
Nishinomiya City Public Health Center, Nishinomiya, Japan.
Janne Pitkäniemi
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Jaakko Kaprio
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Finland; Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland; Institute for Molecular Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Karri Silventoinen
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Finland.
*
*ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE: Yoshie Yokoyama, Department of Community Health Nursing, Osaka City University, Osaka, 1-5-17 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-0051, Japan.

Abstract

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We analyzed the characteristics associated with the growth in height of Japanese triplets from birth to 12 years of age. The study included 376 mothers and their 1,128 triplet children, who were born between 1978 and 2006. Data were collected through a mailed questionnaire sent to the mothers asking for information recorded in medical records. For these births, data on triplets' length and height growth, gestational age, sex, parity, maternal age at delivery, and maternal height were obtained from records in the Maternal and Child Health Handbooks and records in the school which children receive health check-ups. The height deficit of the triplets compared to the general population of Japan remained between 2% and 5% until 12 years of age. Moreover, at 12 years of age, the differences of height between the general population and triplets were approximately -3.6 cm for male and -4.4 cm for female. Maternal height showed the strongest contribution to height of triplets from 6 to 12 years of age. In conclusion, triplets remain shorter than singletons until 12 years of age.

Keywords

tripletheightgrowthvery low birthweightmaternal heightsex
Type
Articles
Information
Twin Research and Human Genetics , Volume 14 , Issue 5 , 01 October 2011 , pp. 468 - 475
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011