Risk of Early Childhood Injuries in Twins and Singletons

Autor/inn/en	Roudsari, Bahman S.; Utter, Garth H.; Kernic, Mary A.; Mueller, Beth A.
Titel	Risk of Early Childhood Injuries in Twins and Singletons
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Childhood Research, 4 (2006) 2, S.121-131 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-718X
DOI	10.1177/1476718X06063532
Schlagwörter	Twins; Body Weight; Marital Status; Injuries; Well Being; At Risk Persons; Young Children; Death; Hospitalized Children; Parent Influence; Mothers; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Sibling Relationship; Correlation; Siblings; Incidence; Washington + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Twin; Zwilling; Körpergewicht; Familienstand; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Risikogruppe; Frühe Kindheit; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Mother; Mutter; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Sibling relations; Geschwisterbeziehung; Korrelation; Sibling; Geschwister; Vorkommen
Abstract	The incidence of twin births in the United States (US) has increased more than 65 per cent since 1980. However, the risk of injury to multiple-birth children is unknown. We sought to compare the risk of injury-related hospitalization and death between multiples and singletons. We conducted a retrospective cohort study using linked birth certificate, hospital discharge, and death certificate data from Washington State (1987-2002). All multiples and approximately three singletons randomly selected for each multiple pregnancy were included. We used Cox proportional hazards regression to determine the hazard ratio (HR) of injury-related hospitalization and death in the first six years of life for twins and triplets compared to singletons. The HRs of injury-related hospitalization were 1.4 for twins (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.2-1.6) and 2.9 for triplets (95% CI: 0.5-9.5) relative to singletons after adjustment for child's sex, mother's age and marital status, and number of older siblings. Low birth weight significantly modified the association between twin status and injury hospitalization. The risk of injury death was not significantly higher among twins than singleton children. Twins appear to be at higher risk of childhood injury hospitalization. Triplets had a nearly three-fold increased rate of injury hospitalization compared to singletons, though we cannot exclude chance as an explanation. (Contains 4 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10