Genetic and environmental influences on body fat and blood pressure in African-American adult twins

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 243-250

  Nelson, T L ^a,b   Brandon, D T ^c   Wiggins, S A ^c   Whitfield, K E ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Body mass index; Diastolic blood pressure; Genetic variance; Systolic blood pressure; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; DIASTOLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYSTOLE; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 32544434817     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803121     Document Type: Article

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