Variation in the heritability of body mass index based on diverse twin studies: A systematic review

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 871-882

  Min, J ^a,b   Chiu, D T ^a   Wang, Y ^a  

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

^b Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body mass index; GDP; Heritability; Twin study

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CHINA; DENMARK; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SOUTH KOREA; SWEDEN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

BODY MASS INDEX; GDP; HERITABILITY; TWIN STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; OBESITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84885861142     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12065     Document Type: Review

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