Article
Segregation analysis of blood pressure and body mass index in a rural US community.
Human biology - 1 Feb 2002
Nath Swapan K, Chakravarti Aravinda, Chen Chien-Hsiun, Cooper Richard, Weder Alan, Schork Nicholas J
Abstract excerpt
To assess evidence for a gene with large effect on systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and body mass index (BMI), we conducted segregation analyses on 261 nuclear families collected from a rural Caucasian community in Michigan. The families were ascertained through a hypertensive proband. Each phenotype was adjusted for significant covariate effects (e.g., gender and age). We used class...
Topics
- Adult
- Blood Pressure
- Body Mass Index
- Chi-Square Distribution
- Female
- Genetics, Population
- Humans
- Likelihood Functions
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Models, Genetic
- Nuclear Family
- Obesity
- Phenotype
- Regression Analysis
- Rural Population
- United States
- White People