Comparison of father-offspring and mother-offspring associations of cardiovascular risk factors: Family linkage within the population-based HUNT Study, Norway

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 760-771

  Vik, Kirsti L ^a,b   Romundstad, Pål ^a   Carslake, David ^c   Davey smith, George ^c   Nilsen, Tom I L ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Liaison Committee between the Central Norway Regional Health Authority ^*  (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Epidemiology; Intergenerational relations; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LIPID; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATHER; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOTHER; NORMAL VALUE; NORWAY; PARENTAGE ANALYSIS; PATERNITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RESTING HEART RATE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEART RATE; MORPHOMETRICS; RISK FACTOR;

NORWAY;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FATHERS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MOTHERS; NORWAY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84902689060     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyt250     Document Type: Article

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