Segregation analysis of blood pressure and body mass index in a rural US community

Human Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 11-23

  Nath, Swapan K ^a   Chakravarti, Aravinda ^a   Chen, Chien Hsiun ^a   Cooper, Richard ^a   Weder, Alan ^a   Schork, Nicholas J ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Body mass index; Commingling analysis; Segregation analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEAR FAMILY; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036005772     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2002.0010     Document Type: Article

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