Sex Differences in Heritability of BMI: A Comparative Study of Results from Twin Studies in Eight Countries

Twin Research

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 409-421

  Schousboe, Karoline ^a   Willemsen, Gonneke ^b   Kyvik, Kirsten O ^a   Mortensen, Jakob ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^b   Cornes, Belinda K ^c   Davis, Chayna J ^d   Fagnani, Corrado ^e   Hjelmborg, Jacob ^a   Kaprio, Jaakko ^f   De Lange, Marlies ^g   Luciano, Michelle ^c   Martin, Nicholas G ^c   Pedersen, Nancy ^d   Pietiläinen, Kirsi H ^f,h   Rissanen, Aila ^h   Saarni, Suoma ^f   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ⁱ   Van Baal, G Caroline M ^b   Harris, Jennifer R ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^g ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

ⁱ Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^j NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETICS, MEDICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 9144231442     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905203770326411     Document Type: Article

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