Heritabilities for fifteen routine biochemical values: Findings in 215 Swedish twin pairs 82 years of age or older

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 562-569

  Nilsson, Sven E ^a   Read, Sanna ^b   Berg, Stig ^a   Johansson, Boo ^c  

^a JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biochemical values; Cholesterol; Cobalamin; Folate; Heritability; Homocysteine; Thyroxine; TSH; Twin

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CALCIUM ION; CHOLESTEROL; COBALAMIN; CREATININE; FOLIC ACID; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; URATE; UREA;

AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SWEDEN; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; SWEDEN; TWINS;

EID: 70249132517     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365510902814646     Document Type: Article

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