Phenotype
|
Twin type
|
% overweight/obese
|
95% confidence intervals
|
Odds ratio
|
95% confidence intervals
|
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Overweight
|
SS females
|
30.2
|
29.7, 30.7
|
1.00 (reference)
| |
OS females
|
30.9
|
30.3, 31.4
|
1.03
|
0.99, 1.07
|
SS males
|
47.0
|
46.4, 47.7
|
1.00 (reference)
| |
OS males
|
47.6
|
47.0, 48.2
|
1.02
|
0.99, 1.06
|
Obesity
|
SS females
|
8.45
|
8.15, 8.76
|
1.00 (reference)
| |
OS females
|
8.11
|
7.78, 8.44
|
0.96
|
0.90, 1.01
|
SS males
|
8.04
|
7.70, 8.34
|
1.00 (reference)
| |
OS males
|
8.48
|
8.13, 8.83
|
1.06
|
1.00, 1.13
|
- The results are adjusted for cohort, age and birth year, and the non-independence (clustering) of observations within twin pairs. Overweight was defined as ≥23 kg/m2 and obesity as ≥27.5 kg/m2 for Asian cohorts and as BMI ≥25 kg/m2 and BMI ≥30 kg/m2, respectively, for all other cohorts
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SS same sex, OS opposite sex