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Heritability of body mass index: a comparison between the Netherlands and Spain.

Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies - 1 Oct 2007

Ordoñana J R, Rebollo-Mesa I, González-Javier F, Pérez-Riquelme F, Martínez-Selva J M, Willemsen G, Boomsma Dorret I

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A high body mass index (BMI) is commonly used as an index of overweight and obesity. There is persistent evidence of high heritability for variation in BMI, but the effects of common environment appear inconsistent across different European countries. Our objective was to compare genetic and environmental effects on BMI in a sample of twins from two different European countries with distinct population and...

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PMID: 17903116
DOI: 10.1375/twin.10.5.749

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