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[Heritability of serum uric acid in adult twins].
Zhonghua liu xing bing xue za zhi = Zhonghua liuxingbingxue zazhi - 1 Apr 2010
Duan Hai-ping, Pang Zeng-chang, Zhang Dong-feng, Wang Shao-jie, Zhai Yao-ming, Zhang Dong, Tan Qi-hua
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To assess the heritability of serum uric acid in adult, using the classic twin design. METHODS: Adult Twins were recruited from the Qingdao Twin Registry. Uric acid, height, weight were measured. Zygosity in all the same-sex twin pairs was determined by 16 polymorphic markers. Heritability was assessed by structural equation models, with age, gender and body mass index (BMI) included as covariates....
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