Heritability of body composition measured by DXA in the Diabetes Heart Study

Obesity Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 312-319

  Hsu, Fang Chi ^a   Lenchik, Leon ^a   Nicklas, Barbara J ^a   Lohman, Kurt ^a   Register, Thomas C ^a   Mychaleckyj, Josyf ^a   Langefeld, Carl D ^a   Freedman, Barry I ^a   Bowden, Donald W ^a   Carr, J Jeffrey ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; DXA; Heritability; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RADIODENSITOMETRY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING;

EID: 23044444928     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2005.42     Document Type: Article

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