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Dizytwin: Latitude and dizygotic twinning rates

Description

Age-standardized dizygotic twinning rates correlate positively and significantly with latitude.

Usage

data(Dizytwin)

Format

A data frame with 19 observations on the following two variables.

Latitude

Geographical latitude in Europe.

DZT_Rate

Dizygotic twinning rates across the countries.

Details

In Europe, both mean birth weight and age-standardized dizygotic twinning rates correlate positively and significantly with latitude. It seems possible that these two sorts of correlation have explanations in common via pituitary action.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
	data(Dizytwin)
	head(Dizytwin)
# }