Genetic Influences on Changes in Body Mass Index: A Longitudinal Analysis of Women Twins

Obesity Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 326-331

  Austin, Melissa A ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Body mass; Epidemiology; Fat; Genetics; Obesity; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS INDEX; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0031180984     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1997.tb00559.x     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Austin MA, King M-C, Bawol RD, Hulley SB, Friedman GD. Risk factors for coronary heart disease in adult female twins. Genetic heritability and shared environmental influences. Am J Epidemiol 1987;125:308-317.
2. Austin MA, Newman B, Selby JV, Edwards K, Mayer EJ, Krauss RM. Genetics of LDL subclass phenotypes in women twins. Concordance, heritability, and comingling analysis. Arterioscler Thromb. 1993;13:687-695.