Skip to main content

Table 2 Description of the articles included in meta-analyses. All study designs are cross-sectional, and all studies used singleton standards to classify low birth weight

From: Low birth weight as a predictor of adverse health outcomes during adulthood in twins: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study ID (author, year)

Country

Number of participants

Enrollment period

Outcome

Maternal age

Gestational age

Zygosity

(MZ/DZ)

Sex

(MM/MF/FF)

Ortqvist 2009 [11]

Sweden

10918

2004-2007

Asthma

≤ 19: 18.4%

20-24: 16.1%

25-29: 13.9%

30-34: 13.9%

≥ 35: 11.8%

≤31: 24.8%

32-34: 18.1%

35-36: 14.1%

37-38: 11.7%

39-40: 10.7%

≥ 41: 12.9%

MZ: 13.4%

DZ: 28.4%:

Unknown: 11.7%

-

Rasanen 2000 [26]

Finland

4502

1975-1979

Asthma

< 25: 31.4%

25-30: 38.8%

> 30: 29.8%

< 33: 7.1%

33-36: 29.0%

37-40: 60.6%

> 40: 3.3%

-

-

Villamor 2009 [28]

Sweden

32580

1926-1958

Asthma

< 20: 2.7%

20-24: 17.0%

25-29: 29.9%

30-34: 27.4%

≥ 35: 22.9%

Missing: 0.1%

31-34: 12.9%

35-36: 20.0%

37-41: 58.7%

42-45: 3.5%

Missing: 4.8%

-

MM: 47.2%

FF: 52.8%

Gardner 1995 [25]

USA

1079

1959-1966

Cerebral palsy

-

-

MZ: 31.9%

DZ: 58.6%

Unknown: 9.4%

Concordant: 63.9%

Discordant: 36.1%

Suvanand 1997 [27]

India

250

1993-1994

Cerebral palsy

-

-

-

-