Genetic influences on change in BMI from middle to old age: A 29-year follow-up study of twin sisters

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 154-164

  Ortega Alonso, Alfredo ^a   Sipilä, Sarianna ^a   Kujala, Urho M ^a   Kaprio, Jaakko ^b,c   Rantanen, Taina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adult women; Aging; Body mass index; Heritability; Rate of change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH RATE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; TWINS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 60049101443     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-008-9245-9     Document Type: Article

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