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Genetic and environmental influences on serum lipids and the effects of puberty: a Chinese twin study.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) - 1 Jun 2009
Chen Tian-Jiao, Ji Cheng-Ye, Hu Yong-Hua
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AIM: To study the contribution of genes and environment on the variation of serum lipids and the effects of puberty. METHODS: In total, 314 same-sex twin pairs aged 5-18 years were studied. Puberty was marked physiologically by spermarche/menarche, and model fitting was used to analyse the genetic and environmental variance and its difference before and after puberty. RESULTS: Lipid levels were different before...
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