Linkage and association analyses of longitudinally measured lipid phenotypes in adolescence

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 603-620

  Middelberg, Rita P ^a,b,c   Gordon, Scott D ^a   Zhu, Gu ^a   McRae, Allan ^a   Montgomery, Grant W ^a   Martin, Nicholas G ^a   Whitfield, John B ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Association; Linkage; Lipids; Longitudinal; Twin study

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CHROMOSOME 6P; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; LOD SCORE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 57349193587     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.11.6.603     Document Type: Article

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