Segregation analysis of fat mass and fat-free mass with age- and sex- dependent effects: The Stanislas family study

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-62

  Lecomte, Edith ^a   Herbeth, Bernard ^a   Nicaud, Viviane ^b   Rakotovao, Roger ^b   Artur, Yves ^a   Tiret, Laurence ^b  

^a Centre de Medecine Preventive   (France)

^b HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

Author keywords

bioelectrical impedance; body fat; family; regressive model; weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031019654     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1997)14:1<51::AID-GEPI4>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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