Familial correlations, cohabitation effects, and heritability for cardiovascular risk factors

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 188-194

  Knuiman, Matthew W ^a   Divitini, Mark L ^a   Welborn, Timothy A ^b   Bartholomew, Helen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; cohabitation; cohort study; familial correlation; heritability; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SPOUSE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0029931632     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1047-2797(96)00004-X     Document Type: Article

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