Table 3.
Age | Twins | Singletons | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Mean | SE | N | Mean | SE | |
Boys | ||||||
6 | 49 | 7.43 | 1.30 | 58 | 6.06 | 1.06 |
7 | 1,673 | 6.34 | 0.21 | 57 | 7.79 | 0.89 |
8 | 177 | 7.53 | 0.59 | 100 | 5.72 | 0.74 |
9 | 552 | 7.05 | 0.37 | 114 | 8.09 | 0.69 |
10 | 1,053 | 7.17 | 0.28 | 154 | 7.14 | 0.56 |
11 | 367 | 6.62 | 0.44 | 168 | 7.22 | 0.59 |
12 | 748 | 6.09 | 0.32 | 194 | 6.91 | 0.51 |
Girls | ||||||
6 | 46 | 3.71 | 0.77 | 67 | 2.60 | 0.61 |
7 | 1,699 | 3.84 | 0.16 | 71 | 3.35 | 0.61 |
8 | 177 | 4.42 | 0.55 | 92 | 4.17 | 0.67 |
9 | 641 | 4.00 | 0.27 | 133 | 3.63 | 0.48 |
10 | 1,045 | 4.02 | 0.22 | 159 | 4.17 | 0.42 |
11 | 404 | 3.76 | 0.34 | 200 | 4.68 | 0.41 |
12 | 778 | 3.23 | 0.21 | 199 | 4.55 | 0.34* |
Due to the longitudinal design, the N’s do not add up to the total number of children
N number of observations, SE standard error
* Significant twin-singleton mean difference (p < 0.001)