Article
Estimation of the heritability of latent variables which are included in a structural model for metabolic syndrome.
Human heredity - 1 Jan 2001
Koch R, Julius U, Jaross W, Schröder H E
Abstract excerpt
In a study looking for risk factors of atherosclerosis in families with combined hyperlipidemia and hypertension, clinical and biochemical data of 1,149 persons were analyzed to develop two hypothetical multivariate scores concerning the degree to which a patient is affected by the metabolic syndrome. The scores are based on a structural model for low-density cholesterol (LDL) and high-density cholesterol (HDL),...
Topics
- Arteriosclerosis
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Models, Genetic
- Models, Statistical
- Phenotype