Article
Genetic analysis of sex and generation differences in plasma lipid, lipoprotein, and apolipoprotein levels in adolescent twins and their parents.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Jan 1996
Boomsma D I, Kempen H J, Gevers Leuven J A, Havekes L, de Knijff P, Frants R R
Abstract excerpt
In a sample of Dutch families consisting of parents aged 35-65 years and their twin offspring aged 14-21 years, a significant difference between generations was observed in phenotypic variances and in genetic heritabilities for plasma levels of total cholesterol, triglycerides, high density lipop...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age Distribution
- Aged
- Apolipoproteins
- Cholesterol
- Diseases in Twins
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Hyperlipidemias
- Lipoproteins
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Models, Genetic
- Netherlands
- Phenotype
- Sex Distribution