Article
Heritabilities and shared environmental effects were estimated from household clustering in national health survey data.
Journal of clinical epidemiology - 1 Nov 2006
Saunders Catherine L, Gulliford Martin C
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: The relative contributions of genetic and environmental variables to within-household clustering of quantitative traits in household surveys are poorly characterized. We estimated shared genetic and shared environmental contributions to within-household correlation for anthropometric variables and cardiovascular disease risk factors. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: Data were analyzed for the Health Survey...
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