Heritabilities of apolipoprotein and lipid levels in three countries

Twin Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 87-97

  Beekman, Marian ^a,b   Heijmans, Bastiaan T ^a   Martin, Nicholas G ^c   Pedersen, Nancy L ^d   Whitfield, John B ^e   DeFaire, Ulf ^d   Van Baal, G Caroline M ^f   Snieder, Harold ^g,h   Vogler, George P ⁱ   Slagboom, P Eline ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^f  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^h ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; LIPID;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APOLIPOPROTEIN A-II; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SWEDEN;

EID: 18344390648     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/1369052022956     Document Type: Article

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