Heritability of body mass index in pre-adolescence, young adulthood and late adulthood

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 247-253

  Nan, Cassandra ^a   Guo, Boliang ^a   Warner, Claire ^a,b   Fowler, Tom ^a,c   Barrett, Timothy ^a   Boomsma, Dorret ^d   Nelson, Tracy ^e   Whitfield, Keith ^f   Beunen, Gaston ^g   Thomis, Martine ^g   Maes, Hermine Hendrik ^g,h   Derom, Catherine ⁱ   Ordoñana, Juan ^j   Deeks, Jonathan ^a   Zeegers, Maurice ^a,k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS   (United Kingdom)

^c PCT ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^h VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^k MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Anthropometry; BMI; Body mass index; Heritability; Life span; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULTHOOD; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENDER; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LATE ADULTHOOD; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OBESITY; PRE ADOLESCENCE; REGISTER; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; YOUNG ADULTHOOD;

EID: 84863687179     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-012-9678-6     Document Type: Review

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