Article
Heritability of blood pressure in 7- to 12-year-old Chinese twins, with special reference to body size effects.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Jan 1990
Wang Z Q, Ouyang Z, Wang D M, Tang X L
Abstract excerpt
Systolic and diastolic blood pressures and body-size indices such as body height, body weight, sitting height, chest circumference, skinfold thickness, and body mass index (BMI) were assessed in 110 pairs of like-sex Chinese twins (75 monozygotic and 35 dizygotic) aged 7-12 years. Significant correlations of blood pressure with body-size indices were found. Prior to adjusting for body-size effects, three twin...
Topics
- Blood Pressure
- Body Constitution
- Child
- China
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Statistics as Topic
- Twins