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Effect of Living Conditions on the Development of Multiplets Born in the Danzig Province in 1957-1971

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

M. Kaminska ,
A. Ksiezopolska-Kaczorowska ,
A. Marek ,
B. Gumkowska-Kaminska  and
M. Bogdanowicz
M. Kaminska*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Academy of Medicine, Danzig, Poland
A. Ksiezopolska-Kaczorowska
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Academy of Medicine, Danzig, Poland
A. Marek
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Academy of Medicine, Danzig, Poland
B. Gumkowska-Kaminska
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Academy of Medicine, Danzig, Poland
M. Bogdanowicz
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Academy of Medicine, Danzig, Poland
*
Department of Pediatrics, Academy of Medicine ul. Debinki 7, 80-211 Gdansk, Poland

Abstract

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The development of a total of 58 triplets, quadruplets, and quintuplets, born in the province of Danzig in the years 1957-1971, is analysed. The examinations show that the physical development of multiplets in the first year of age is similar to that of singletons, irrespective of their social conditions. In the second year of age, however, multiplets with bad social conditions showed a much worse rate of development.

Only half of the 56 children examined by a psychologist reached IQ norms, the others being on the verge of normalcy and mental deficiency, or even lower. Out of 30 school-age children, 16 had difficulties in learning and 15 of these showed features of mental development deficiency.

Type
2. Twin Postnatal Development
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 22 , supplement S1 , October 1972 , pp. 142 - 146
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1972