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The purposes of this investigation were to: 1) determine the significance of this observation; and 2) examine the risk factors that may make this population more susceptible to the development of plagiocephaly.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Materials and Methods.\u2003<\/jats:title><jats:p>A retrospective review of our database was performed to identify those infants who were of multiple-birth origin. The parents of these infants were contacted by phone to complete a survey regarding the prenatal and postnatal history of their child. Similar information was obtained for the state of Arizona from the Office of Vital Statistics. A \u03c72analysis was used to compare the incidence of multiple births in Arizona with the incidence of multiple births in our treatment population.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results.\u2003<\/jats:title><jats:p>Between 1993 and 1996, 69 (8.6%) of the 801 infants treated for deformational plagiocephaly at our Phoenix center were of multiple-birth origin. Four infants who had been treated postoperatively after surgery for craniosynostosis, as well as 5 patients who had been referred from out of state, were excluded from further study. The \u03c72 analysis of the remaining 60 patients confirmed that a statistically significant number of plural-birth infants had presented with deformational plagiocephaly. Four risk factors were identified as having occurred at high frequency in this population: in utero constraint, supine sleeping position, torticollis, and prematurity.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions.\u2003<\/jats:title><jats:p>The current findings of this investigation confirm that a significant number of multiple-birth infants have presented to our clinic with deformational plagiocephaly. 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