Do genetic factors contribute to the relation between education and metabolic risk factors in young adults? A twin study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 986-991

  Vermeiren, Angelique P A ^a   Bosma, Hans ^a   Gielen, Marij ^a,b   Lindsey, Patrick J ^a   Derom, Catherine ^c   Vlietinck, Robert ^c   Loos, Ruth J F ^d   Zeegers, Maurice P ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TWINS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BELGIUM; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; DISEASES IN TWINS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890461405     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks167     Document Type: Article

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