Genetic influences on the difference in variability of height, weight and body mass index between Caucasian and East Asian adolescent twins

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1455-1467

  Hur, Y M ^a   Kaprio, J ^b   Iacono, W G ^c   Boomsma, D I ^d   McGue, M ^c   Silventoinen, K ^b   Martin, N G ^e   Luciano, M ^e   Visscher, P M ^e   Rose, R J ^f   He, M ^g   Ando, J ^h   Ooki, S ⁱ   Nonaka, K ^j   Lin, C C H ^k   Lajunen, H R ^b   Cornes, B K ^e   Bartels, M ^d   Van Beijsterveldt, C E M ^d   Cherny, S S ^l   Mitchell, K ^m   more..

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL NURSING UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j WAKO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^l UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^m VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

BMI; Genes; Height; Population group; Twins; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 53849129190     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2008.144     Document Type: Article

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