Genetic and environmental influences on body fat distribution, fasting insulin levels and CVD: Are the influences shared?

Twin Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-50

  Nelson, Tracy L ^a,f   Vogler, George P ^a   Pedersen, Nancy L ^a,b,c   Hong, Yuling ^b,d   Miles, Toni P ^e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^f Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal fat; Insulin resistance; Metabolic syndrome; Quantitative genetic analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY FAT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034025933     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.3.1.43     Document Type: Article

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