Heritability of type II (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus and abnormal glucose tolerance - A population-based twin study

Diabetologia

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 139-145

  Poulsen, P ^a   Ohm Kyvik, K ^b   Vaag, A ^a,c   Beck Nielsen, H ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Abnormal glucose tolerance; Concordance rates; Heritability; Twins; Type II (non insulin dependent) diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INSULIN RELEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0032953097     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250051131     Document Type: Article

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