Genetic and environmental influences on adiponectin, leptin, and BMI among adolescents in Taiwan: A multivariate twin/sibling analysis

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 495-504

  Liu, Pi Hua ^a   Jiang, Yi Der ^b   Chen, Wei J ^a   Chang, Ching Chung ^b   Lee, Tso Ching ^c   Sun, H Sunny ^d   Chuang, Lee Ming ^b,e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adiponectin; BMI; Leptin; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; LEPTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIBLING; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TAIWAN; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADIPONECTIN; ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SIBLINGS; TAIWAN; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 56749156946     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.11.5.495     Document Type: Article

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