Variation in genetic and environmental influences in serum lipid and apolipoprotein levels across the lifespan in Swedish male and female twins

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 48-58

  Iliadou, Anastasia ^a   Lichtenstein, Paul ^a   De Faire, Ulf ^a   Pedersen, Nancy L ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Genetic; Nonshared environments; Shared environments; Twins; Variance components

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL; DNA; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APOLIPOPROTEIN A-I; APOLIPOPROTEINS; APOLIPOPROTEINS B; CHOLESTEROL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TRIGLYCERIDES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035934006     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-8628(20010722)102:1<48::AID-AJMG1388>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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