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Genetic and environmental influences on serum lipid tracking: a population-based, longitudinal Chinese twin study.
Pediatric research - 1 Oct 2010
Zhang Shanchun, Liu Xin, Necheles Jonathan, Tsai Hui-Ju, Wang Guoying, Wang Binyan, Xing Houxun, Li Zhiping, Liu Xue, Zang Tonghua, Xu Xiping, Wang Xiaobin
Abstract excerpt
We conducted cross-sectional and longitudinal twin analysis to explore genetic and environmental contribution to serum lipid tracking during childhood and adolescence. The study sample was part of a population-based twin cohort that was recruited in the rural areas of the Anhui Province of China. The baseline recruitment of twins was carried out from 1998 through 2000 and the follow-up from 2005 through 2007....
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