Heritability estimates of endophenotypes of long and health life: The long life family study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 65 A, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1375-1379

  Matteini, Amy M ^a   Fallin, M Daniele ^b   Kammerer, Candace M ^c   Schupf, Nicole ^d   Yashin, Anatoli I ^e   Christensen, Kaare ^f   Arbeev, Konstantin G ^e   Barr, Graham ^g   Mayeux, Richard ^d   Newman, Anne B ^c   Walston, Jeremy D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^g Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Endophenotypes; Heritability; Longevity

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOPHENOTYPE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; LUNG; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOPHENOTYPES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENETIC VARIATION; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; LUNG; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING (U.S.); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 78649600105     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glq154     Document Type: Article

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