American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 152, No. 12 : 1117-1119
Copyright © 2000 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health
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Invited Commentary: Intersecting Perinatal Mortality Curves by Gestational Age–Are Appearances Deceiving?
From the Division for Medical Statistics and Medical Birth Registry of Norway, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
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In this issue of the Journal, Cheung et al. (1
) present data on the perinatal mortality of twins and singletons from Sweden. A familiar picture of intersecting mortality curves by absolute gestational age emerges. For lower gestational ages, twins have lower mortality than do singletons but for higher gestational ages, twins have higher mortality. The picture persists after adjustment for known risk factors for low gestational age. The authors conclude that twins are initially healthier than singletons, and that they do not benefit as much as singletons do from longer gestational duration. Intersecting mortality curves are often seen when standardizing for gestational age or birth weight. To conclude that twins are initially healthier is to base a longitudinal interpretation on cross-sectional data. Things may not be as |
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