Article
Familial correlations, cohabitation effects, and heritability for cardiovascular risk factors.
Annals of epidemiology - 1 May 1996
Knuiman M W, Divitini M L, Welborn T A, Bartholomew H C
Abstract excerpt
Familial correlations in cardiovascular risk factors were investigated with use of data from a community-based sample of 1319 nuclear families involving 4178 adult persons collected in the Busselton Population Health Surveys over the period 1966 to 1981. The risk factors considered were systolic...
Topics
- Adult
- Age Distribution
- Blood Pressure
- Body Constitution
- Body Mass Index
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Cholesterol
- Cohort Studies
- Confidence Intervals
- Family Characteristics
- Family Health
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Health Surveys
- Humans
- Likelihood Functions
- Male
- Middle Aged