Heritability of leptin levels and the shared genetic effects on body mass index and leptin in adult Finnish twins

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 132-137

  Kaprio, J ^a,b   Eriksson, J ^c   Lehtovirta, M ^d   Koskenvuo, M ^e   Tuomilehto, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Genetic models; Leptin; Twins

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TWINS;

AGED; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; OBESITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0035122418     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801526     Document Type: Article

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