Heritability of plasma leptin in a population sample of African-American families

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 255-263

  Rotimi, Charles ^a   Luke, Amy ^a   Li, Zhaohai ^a   Compton, Joyce ^b   Bowsher, Ron ^b   Cooper, Richard ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Heritability; Leptin

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PROTEINS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; OBESITY; PROTEINS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030951175     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1997)14:3<255::AID-GEPI4>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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