Birthweight, gestational age and familial confounding in sex differences in infant mortality: a matched co-twin control study of Brazilian male-female twin pairs identified by population data linkage

BACKGROUND: In infancy, males are at higher risk of dying than females. Birthweight and gestational age are potential confounders or mediators but are also familial and correlated, posing epidemiological challenges that can be addressed by studying male-female twin pairs. METHODS: We studied 28 558...

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Autores principales: Calais-Ferreira, Lucas, Barreto, Marcos E, Mendonça, Everton, Dite, Gillian S, Hickey, Martha, Ferreira, Paulo H, Scurrah, Katrina J, Hopper, John L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
Materias:
Perinatal and Infant Health
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9557851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34849953
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyab242

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