Health Outcomes

• Not available

Health Outcome List:

• Not available

Environmental Agents

List of Environmental Agents:

• Not available

Source of Environmental Agents:

• Not available

Economic Evaluation / Methods and Source

Type:

• Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA)

Cost Measures:

• Socioeconomic effects on height

Potential Cost Measures:

• Not available

Benefits Measures:

• Not available

Potential Benefits Measures:

• Not available

Location:

• Not available

Models Used:

• Stata statistical software
• variance decomposition modeling
• random-effects meta-regression analysis
• linear regression models

Models References:

• Not available

Methods Used:

• The authors used twin data from several cohorts to statistically analyze socioeconomic effects on height.

Sources Used:

• CODATwins project; Australian Twin Registry; Korean Twin-Family Register, Ochanomizu University Twin Project, Qingdao Twin Registry of Children, South Korea Twin Registry, West Japan Twins and Higher Order Multiple Births Registry; Child and Adolescent Twin Study in Sweden, East Flanders Prospective Twin Survey, FinnTwin12, FinnTwin16, Gemini, Italian Twin Registry, Norwegian Twin Registry, Portugal Twin Cohort, TCHAD-study, Turkish Twin Study, Young Netherlands Twin Registry; Longitudinal Israeli Study of Twins; Boston University Twin Project, California Twin Program, Carolina African American Twin Study of Aging, Colorado Twin Registry, Michigan Twins Project, Mid Atlantic Twin Registry, Minnesota Twin Registry, NAS-NRC Study, University of Southern California Twin Study, Texas Twin Project, Vietnam Era Twin Registry; Additional sources cited in the publication.

Economic Citation / Fundings

Citation:

• Jelenkovic A, Sund R, Yokoyama Y, Latvala A, Sugawara M, Tanaka M, Matsumoto S, Freitas DL, Maia JA, Knafo-Noam A, Mankuta D, Abramson L, Ji F, Ning F, Pang Z, Rebato E, Saudino KJ, Cutler TL, Hopper JL, Ullemar V, Almqvist C, Magnusson PKE, Cozen W, Hwang AE, Mack TM, Nelson TL, Whitfield KE, Sung J, Kim J, Lee J, Lee S, Llewellyn CH, Fisher A, Medda E, Nisticò L, Toccaceli V, Baker LA, Tuvblad C, Corley RP, Huibregtse BM, Derom CA, Vlietinck RF, Loos RJF, Burt SA, Klump KL, Silberg JL, Maes HH, Krueger RF, McGue M, Pahlen S, Gatz M, Butler DA, Harris JR, Brandt I, Nilsen TS, Harden KP, Tucker-Drob EM, Franz CE, Kremen WS, Lyons MJ, Lichtenstein P, Bartels M, Beijsterveldt CEMV, Willemsen G, Öncel SY, Aliev F, Jeong HU, Hur YM, Turkheimer E, Boomsma DI, Sørensen TIA, Kaprio J, Silventoinen K. Genetic and Environmental Influences on Human Height From Infancy Through Adulthood at Different Levels of Parental Education. Scientific Reports. 2020. 10; 1.
• Pubmed
• DOI

NIEHS Funding:

• R01ES015150

Other Funding:

• T32DA017637, R21MH070542, R21AG039572, R01AA009203, K05AA000145, R01AA012502, R01AG018384, R01AG018386, R01MH092377, R01MH062375, R03MH063851, R01MH081813, R01HD066040, R01MH058354, R01AG022982, R21AA023322, P60DA011015, R01AG050595, R01AG013662, R01HD068435, T32AG052371, R37AA012502, R01HD010333, R01AG022381, R21HD081437