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Increased risk of type 2 diabetes in elderly twins.

Poulsen P, Grunnet LG, Pilgaard K, Storgaard H, Alibegovic A, Sonne MP, Carstensen B, Beck-Nielsen H, Vaag A.

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Low birth weight is associated with NIDDM in discordant monozygotic and dizygotic twin pairs.

Poulsen P, Vaag AA, Kyvik KO, Møller Jensen D, Beck-Nielsen H.

Diabetologia. 1997 Apr;40(4):439-46.PMID: 9112021 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The intrauterine environment as reflected by birth size and twin and zygosity status influences insulin action and intracellular glucose metabolism in an age- or time-dependent manner.

Poulsen P, Vaag A.

Diabetes. 2006 Jun;55(6):1819-25.PMID: 16731848 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Concordance for type 1 (insulin-dependent) and type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus in a population-based cohort of twins in Finland.

Kaprio J, Tuomilehto J, Koskenvuo M, Romanov K, Reunanen A, Eriksson J, Stengård J, Kesäniemi YA.

Diabetologia. 1992 Nov;35(11):1060-7.PMID: 1473616 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Birth weight is nongenetically associated with glucose intolerance in elderly twins, independent of adult obesity.

Grunnet L, Vielwerth S, Vaag A, Poulsen P.

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Diabetic twins in Japan.

Matsuda A, Kuzuya T.

Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 1994 Oct;24 Suppl:S63-7.PMID: 7859635 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Genetic liability of type 1 diabetes and the onset age among 22,650 young Finnish twin pairs: a nationwide follow-up study.

Hyttinen V, Kaprio J, Kinnunen L, Koskenvuo M, Tuomilehto J.

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[Low birth weight is associated with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in discordant monozygotic and dizygotic twins]

Poulsen P, Vaag AA, Kyvik KO, Jensen DM, Beck-Nielsen H.

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Zygosity as a risk factor for complications and outcomes of twin pregnancy.

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Age-dependent impact of zygosity and birth weight on insulin secretion and insulin action in twins.

Poulsen P, Levin K, Beck-Nielsen H, Vaag A.

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Impact of two common polymorphisms in the PPARgamma gene on glucose tolerance and plasma insulin profiles in monozygotic and dizygotic twins: thrifty genotype, thrifty phenotype, or both?

Poulsen P, Andersen G, Fenger M, Hansen T, Echwald SM, Vølund A, Beck-Nielsen H, Pedersen O, Vaag A.

Diabetes. 2003 Jan;52(1):194-8.PMID: 12502512 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Low birthweight and metabolic abnormalities in twins with increased susceptibility to Type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Bo S, Cavallo-Perin P, Scaglione L, Ciccone G, Pagano G.

Diabet Med. 2000 May;17(5):365-70.PMID: 10872535 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Concordance for type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus in male twins.

Newman B, Selby JV, King MC, Slemenda C, Fabsitz R, Friedman GD.

Diabetologia. 1987 Oct;30(10):763-8.PMID: 3428496 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The association between low birth weight and type 2 diabetes: contribution of genetic factors.

Johansson S, Iliadou A, Bergvall N, dé Fairé U, Kramer MS, Pawitan Y, Pedersen NL, Norman M, Lichtenstein P, Cnattingius S.

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Breast cancer risk in monozygotic and dizygotic female twins: a 20-year population-based cohort study in Finland from 1976 to 1995.

Verkasalo PK, Kaprio J, Pukkala E, Koskenvuo M.

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Heritability of type II (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus and abnormal glucose tolerance--a population-based twin study.

Poulsen P, Kyvik KO, Vaag A, Beck-Nielsen H.

Diabetologia. 1999 Feb;42(2):139-45.PMID: 10064092 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Lifestyle, stress, and genes in peptic ulcer disease: a nationwide twin cohort study.

Räihä I, Kemppainen H, Kaprio J, Koskenvuo M, Sourander L.

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Does zygosity influence the metabolic profile of twins? A population based cross sectional study.

Poulsen P, Vaag A, Beck-Nielsen H.

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Alzheimer's disease in Finnish twins.

Raiha I, Kaprio J, Koskenvuo M, Rajala T, Sourander L.

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Common SNPs in LEP and LEPR associated with birth weight and type 2 diabetes-related metabolic risk factors in twins.

Souren NY, Paulussen AD, Steyls A, Loos RJ, Stassen AP, Gielen M, Smeets HJ, Beunen G, Fagard R, Derom C, Vlietinck R, Geraedts JP, Zeegers MP.

Int J Obes (Lond). 2008 Aug;32(8):1233-9. Epub 2008 May 20. Erratum in: Int J Obes (Lond). 2008 Aug;32(8):1335-6. Int J Obes (Lond). 2008 Nov;32(11):1745-6. PMID: 18490929 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles