Intrauterine, environmental, and genetic influences in the relationship between birth weight and lipids in a female twin cohort

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2373-2379

  Skidmore, Paula M L ^a   Cassidy, Aedin ^a   Swaminathan, Ramasamyiyer ^b   Falchi, Mario ^b   Spector, Tim D ^b   MacGregor, Alex J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Environment; Epidemiology; Lipids; Twins

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIET RESTRICTION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALNUTRITION; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TWIN PREGNANCY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRIGLYCERIDES; TWINS;

EID: 33749066788     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000238354.39875.75     Document Type: Article

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