Evidence for independent heritability of the glycation gap (glycosylation gap) fraction of HbA1c in nondiabetic twins

Diabetes Care

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1739-1743

  Cohen, Robert M ^a   Snieder, Harold ^b,c   Lindsell, Christopher J ^a   Beyan, Huriya ^e   Hawa, Mohammed I ^e   Blinko, Stuart ^d   Edwards, Raymond ^e   Spector, Timothy D ^c   Leslie, R David G ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

^e ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f Institute of Cell and Molecular Science   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLYCATION; GLYCOSYLATION; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLYCOSYLATION; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33746649443     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 01495992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc06-0286     Document Type: Article

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