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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 27.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Sports Med. 2009 Jan 21;44(12):848–855. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.2008.055798

Table 2.

Characteristics for siblings 1 and 2 and controls

Characteristic Sibling 1 Sibling 2 Controls (n = 72)
Height, cm 171 168 170 (7)
Mass, kg 64 65 64.2 (9.2)
Age, years 16 16 15 (1)
BMI, kg/m2 21.9 22.8 22.1 (2.7)
Notch width, mm 12 13 15 (2.7)*

Control values (mean (SD)) were taken from 72 female soccer and basketball players from the same team as the sisters. Notch width is also included (in mm) for the twin siblings.

*

Control values reported from the literature.35

BMI, body mass index.