A within-sibling pair analysis of lifestyle behaviours and BMI z-score in the multi-centre I.Family study

By investigating differences in lifestyle behaviours and BMI in sibling pairs, family-level confounding is minimized and causal inference is improved, compared to cross-sectional studies of unrelated children. Thus, we aimed to investigate within-sibling pair differences in different lifestyle behaviours and differences in BMI z-scores in children and adolescents.

Source: Nutrition, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Diseases : NMCD - February 22, 2019 Category: Nutrition Authors: L.H. Bogl, K. Mehlig, T. Intemann, G. Masip, A. Keski-Rahkonen, P. Russo, N. Michels, L. Reisch, V. Pala, L. Johnson, D. Moln ár, M. Tornaritis, T. Veidebaum, L. Moreno, W. Ahrens, L. Lissner, J. Kaprio, A. Hebestreit, I.Family Consortium Source Type: research