Heritability and genetic correlations of obesity-related phenotypes among Roma people

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 183-189

  Poveda, Alaitz ^a   Ibáñez, M A Eugenia ^a   Rebato, Esther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adiposity; ethnic groups; family studies; pleiotropy

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FAT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; OBESITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLEIOTROPY; PUBLIC HEALTH; VULNERABILITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MALE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; SPAIN;

ADULT; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; SPAIN;

BASQUE COUNTRY; BILBAO; SPAIN; VIZCAYA;

EID: 84861397292     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2012.669794     Document Type: Article

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