Article
Correlations of alcohol consumption with related covariates and heritability estimates in older adult males over a 14- to 18-year period: the NHLBI Twin Study.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Jun 1994
Reed T, Slemenda C W, Viken R J, Christian J C, Carmelli D, Fabsitz R R
Abstract excerpt
Consistent maximum-likelihood heritability estimates of consumption of alcoholic beverages were observed at three separate times during a 14- to 18-year period in adult twin males initially aged 42-56 years in 1969-1973. Log transformation of the average number of drinks/week of the returnees to...
Topics
- Adult
- Alcohol Drinking
- Alcoholism
- Diseases in Twins
- Erythrocyte Indices
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Liver Diseases, Alcoholic
- Liver Function Tests
- Longitudinal Studies
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Risk Factors
- Social Environment
- Twins, Dizygotic
- Twins, Monozygotic
- Veterans