Genetic and environmental influences on skeletal muscle phenotypes as a function of age and sex in large, multigenerational families of African heritage

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1121-1127

  Prior, Steven J ^a,b,c,f   Roth, Stephen M ^c   Wang, Xiaojing ^d   Kammerer, Candace ^d   Miljkovic Gacic, Iva ^d   Bunker, Clareann H ^d   Wheeler, Victor W ^e   Patrick, Alan L ^e   Zmuda, Joseph M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Tobago Health Studies Office   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^f BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Heritability; Lean mass; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHERITANCE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LEG; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 35348996507     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00120.2007     Document Type: Article

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