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Nutritional Status of Nigerian Village Twins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

A.O. Salisu  and
M.A. Hussain
A.O. Salisu
Affiliation:
Department of Human Nutrition, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
M.A. Hussain*
Affiliation:
Department of Human Nutrition, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
*
Department of Human Nutrition, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

Abstract

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Nutritional status of 19 pairs of twins and 17 singleton controls was assessed by measuring dietary intake and selected anthropometric and biochemical parameters. The results indicated no significant variations between first and second twins and singleton controls and between all twins and controls for all parameters studied. Significant variations were found in serum α-globulin and protein and energy intake when male and female twins were compared with male and female controls.

Keywords

TwinsNutritional statusDietary intakeNigeria
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 32 , Issue 3-4 , July 1983 , pp. 261 - 263
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1983

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