Genetic analysis of sex and generation differences in plasma lipid, lipoprotein, and apolipoprotein levels in adolescent twins and their parents

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-60

  Boomsma, D I ^a   Kempen, H J M ^b,d   Gevers Leuven, J A ^b   Havekes, L ^b   De Knijff, P ^b,c   Frants, R R ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

apoA1; apoA2; apoB; apoE; cholesterol; HDL; heritability; LDL; triglycerides

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN A2; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APOLIPOPROTEINS; CHOLESTEROL; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; NETHERLANDS; PHENOTYPE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0029983206     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1996)13:1<49::AID-GEPI5>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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