Clustering of hypertension, diabetes, and obesity in adult male twins : same genes or same environments ?

We investigated the mediating role of genetic factors in the clustering of hypertension, diabetes, and obesity, using the twin registry maintained by the National Academy of Sciences--National Research Council. The study sample included 2,508 male twin pairs born between 1917 and 1927 who responded...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of human genetics 1994-09, Vol.55 (3), p.566-573
Hauptverfasser:	CARMELLI, D, CARDON, L. R, FABSITZ, R
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Biological and medical sciences Chi-Square Distribution Cluster Analysis Comorbidity Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology Diabetes Mellitus - genetics Diabetes. Impaired glucose tolerance Diseases in Twins - epidemiology Diseases in Twins - genetics Endocrine pancreas. Apud cells (diseases) Endocrinopathies Environment Etiopathogenesis. Screening. Investigations. Target tissue resistance Genes, Dominant Genetic Variation Humans Hypertension - epidemiology Hypertension - genetics Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Military Personnel Models, Genetic Multivariate Analysis Obesity - epidemiology Obesity - genetics Prevalence Risk Twins, Dizygotic Twins, Monozygotic United States - epidemiology
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