title: Nutritional status of Nigerian village twins.
abstract: 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 alpha-globulin and protein and energy intake when male and female twins are compared with male and female controls.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002149:Energy Intake; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009549:Nigeria; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D011247:Pregnancy; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000235:genetics; D014427:Twins