Heritability of longitudinal measures of body mass index and lipid and lipoprotein levels in aging twins

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 703-711

  Goode, Ellen L ^a   Cherny, Stacey S ^b   Christian, Joe C ^c   Jarvik, Gail P ^d   De Andrade, Mariza ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; HERITABILITY; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; LIPIDS; LIPOPROTEINS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; TRIGLYCERIDES; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 35348945773     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.10.5.703     Document Type: Article

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