Genetic confounding in the association of early motor development with childhood and adolescent exercise behavior
Yahua Zi,
Meike Bartels,
Conor Dolan
et al.
Abstract:Introduction
Early motor development has been found to be a predictor of exercise behavior in children and adolescents, but whether this reflects a causal effect or confounding by genetic or shared environmental factors remains to be established.
Methods
For 20,911 complete twin pairs from the Netherlands Twin Register a motor development score was obtained from maternal reports on the timing of five motor milestones. During a 12-year follow-up, su… Show more
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