Bivariate genetic analysis of left ventricular mass and weight in pubertal twins (the Medical College of Virginia twin study).

doi:10.1016/0002-9149(91)90361-n

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Bivariate genetic analysis of left ventricular mass and weight in pubertal twins (the Medical College of Virginia twin study).

The American journal of cardiology - 1 Sept 1991

Verhaaren H A, Schieken R M, Mosteller M, Hewitt J K, Eaves L J, Nance W E

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Left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy in adults is a recognized risk factor for the subsequent development of cardiovascular morbidity. To make informed preventive health decisions it is important to understand the interaction of genes and environment on LV mass. In both children and adults, weight i...

Topics

Body Mass Index
Body Weight
Child
Echocardiography
Environment
Female
Genetic Variation
Heart Ventricles
Humans
Male
Puberty
Reproducibility of Results
Sex Factors
Statistics as Topic
Twins
Twins, Dizygotic
Twins, Monozygotic
Virginia

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PMID: 1877484
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(91)90361-n

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