The contribution of risk factors to blood pressure heritability estimates in young adults: The east flanders prospective twin study

Twin Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 245-253

  Zeegers, Maurice P A ^a,b   Rijsdijk, Fruhling ^c   Sham, Pak ^c,d   Fagard, Robert ^b   Gielen, Marij ^a   De Leeuw, Peter W ^e   Vlietinck, Robert ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC TRAIT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BELGIUM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 3142766002     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905204774200523     Document Type: Review

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