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Race effects in the genetics of adolescents' body mass index.

International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity - 1 Jun 1994

Allison D B, Heshka S, Neale M C, Heymsfield S B

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Although the genetics of relative weight have been investigated in several studies, most of these have been done primarily, if not exclusively, with whites. This study examined the heritability of body mass index (BMI) in 238 pairs of adolescent black and white male and female twins. BMIs were residualized for age and transformed to approximate normality. Hierarchically nested structural equation models were...

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