Estimation of the heritability of latent variables which are included in a structural model for metabolic syndrome

Human Heredity

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 171-176

  Koch, Rainer ^a,b   Julius, Ulrich ^a   Jaross, Werner ^a   Schröder, Hans Egbert ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Institute for Medical Informations and Biometrics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heritability; Metabolic syndrome; Multivariate phenotypic trait; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEDIGREE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0035742405     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000053373     Document Type: Article

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