Heritability of LDL Peak Particle Diameter in the Quebec Family Study

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 375-381

  Bossé, Yohan ^a,b   Vohl, Marie Claude ^a,b   Després, Jean Pierre ^a,b,c   Lamarche, Benoît ^a,b   Rice, Treva ^d   Rao, D C ^d   Bouchard, Claude ^e   Pérusse, Louis ^b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; LDL size; Lipoproteins

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SCORING SYSTEM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEBEC;

EID: 0344394976     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.10272     Document Type: Article

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