Genetic and environmental effects on weight, height, and BMI under 18 years in a Chinese population-based twin sample

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 571-580

  Liu, Qingqing ^a   Yu, Canqing ^a   Gao, Wenjing ^a   Cao, Weihua ^a   Lyu, Jun ^a   Wang, Shengfeng ^a   Pang, Zengchang ^b   Cong, Liming ^c   Dong, Zhong ^d   Wu, Fan ^e   Wang, Hua ^f   Wu, Xianping ^g   Jiang, Guohong ^h   Wang, Binyou ⁱ   Li, Liming ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

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

^c ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^e Disease Control and Prevention Center of Changning Area   (China)

^f JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^g SICHUAN CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^h Tianjin Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

ⁱ HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BMI; height; heritability; twin study; weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHINESE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENETICS; OBESITY; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OBESITY; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84942035334     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: 18392628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2015.63     Document Type: Article

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