Heritability of health-related quality of life: SF-12 summary scores in a population-based nationwide twin cohort

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 670-678

  Steenstrup, Troels ^a   Pedersen, Ole Birger ^b   Hjelmborg, Jacob ^a   Skytthe, Axel ^a   Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NAESTVED HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

genetic models; health related quality of life; heritability; twin study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC MODEL; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 12; TWINS; VARIANCE; ZYGOSITY;

ADULT; AGED; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; TWINS;

EID: 84877992486     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2013.21     Document Type: Article

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