Heritability of cardiovascular risk parameters in subjects with increased susceptibility to non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

Acta Diabetologica

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 280-284

  Bo, S ^a   Cavallo Perin, P ^a   Scaglione, L ^a   Pagano, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk parameters; Environmental factors; Genetic factors; Twin studies

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN A;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031435338     PISSN: 09405429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005920050089     Document Type: Article

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