Mortality among twin individuals exposed to loss of a co-twin,International Journal of Epidemiology

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Mortality among twin individuals exposed to loss of a co-twin
International Journal of Epidemiology ( IF 6.4 ) Pub Date : 2022-07-18 , DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyac145
Huan Song _{1,

2,

3,

4} , Yanan Shang _{1,

2} , Fang Fang ₅ , Catarina Almqvist _{4,

6} , Nancy L Pedersen _{4,

7} , Patrik K E Magnusson ₄ , Henrik Larsson _{4,

8} , Unnur A Valdimarsdóttir _{3,

4,

9}

Affiliation

Background Although the death of a child, sibling or spouse has been associated with elevated risk of mortality, less is known about the survival of twin siblings exposed to a co-twin loss. Methods In a Swedish population-based sibling-matched cohort, we compared the mortality of 5548 twin individuals who lost their co-twin between 1932 and 2011 with that of 27 740 age-matched and sex-matched twin individuals without such a loss and 6772 full siblings of these exposed twin individuals. Cox regression models were used to estimate the hazard ratios (HRs) of all-cause and cause-specific mortality. Results We found increased risk of all-cause mortality among twin individuals exposed to a co-twin loss compared with matched unexposed twin individuals (HR = 1.30, 95% CI: 1.18–1.43) and their full siblings (HR = 1.10, 95% CI: 0.96–1.27) after adjusting for multiple covariates. The all-cause mortality risk was greater for loss of a co-twin due to unnatural deaths (HR = 1.54, 95% CI: 1.17–2.03) than natural deaths (HR = 1.26, 95% CI: 1.14–1.40). For cause-specific mortality, co-twin loss was associated with a higher risk of unnatural deaths both among twin individuals who lost their co-twin due to unnatural deaths (HR = 1.98, 95% CI: 1.27–3.10) and those whose loss was due to natural deaths (HR = 1.48, 95% CI: 1.07–2.06). The risk elevations were generally stronger for loss of a monozygotic co-twin than loss of a dizygotic co-twin. Conclusion Loss of a co-twin, especially a monozygotic co-twin, was associated with increased mortality, particularly of unnatural causes, among the surviving twin individuals. The excess mortality is likely attributable to both shared disease susceptibility within the twin pair and the adverse health sequelae of bereavement.

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