Segregation analysis of waist circumference, hip circumference and waist-to-hip ratio in the Korean Nationwide Family Study

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 228-233

  Jee, S H ^a   Kim, M T ^b   Lee, S Y ^c   Beaty, T H ^d  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

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

Author keywords

Hip; Segregation analysis; Waist; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHILD; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 85047696051     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801884     Document Type: Article

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