Modeling with Measured Genotypes: Effects of the Vitamin D Receptor Gene, Age, and Latent Genetic and Environmental Factors on Bone Mineral Density

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 197-206

  Van Den Oord, Edwin J C G ^a   MacGregor, Alex J ^b   Snieder, Harold ^b,c   Spector, Tim D ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Association study; Complex traits; Mx; Population stratification; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; PHENOTYPE; REGISTER; VARIANCE;

AGE FACTORS; BONE DENSITY; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOFTWARE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 1442332566     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BEGE.0000013733.38236.d1     Document Type: Article

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