Genetic and environmental correlations between body mass index and waist circumference in China: The qingdao adolescent twin study

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 340-347

  Ning, F ^a   Silventoinen, K ^a   Pang, Z C ^b   Kaprio, J ^a,c   Wang, S J ^b   Zhang, D ^b   Duan, H P ^b   Wu, W F ^d   Qiao, Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Qingdao Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Children; Genetic factors; Twins; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHINESE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHINA; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHINA; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; MALE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84879604586     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-013-9597-7     Document Type: Article

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