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Heritabilities of apolipoprotein and lipid levels in three countries.
Twin research : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies - 1 Apr 2002
Beekman Marian, Heijmans Bastiaan T, Martin Nicholas G, Pedersen Nancy L, Whitfield John B, DeFaire Ulf, van Baal G Caroline M, Snieder Harold, Vogler George P, Slagboom P Eline, Boomsma Dorret I
Abstract excerpt
This study investigated the influence of genes and environment on the variation of apolipoprotein and lipid levels, which are important intermediate phenotypes in the pathways toward cardiovascular disease. Heritability estimates are presented, including those for apolipoprotein E and AII levels which have rarely been reported before. We studied twin samples from the Netherlands (two cohorts; n = 160 pairs, aged...
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