Article
Familial resemblance for body composition measures: the HERITAGE Family Study.
Obesity research - 1 Nov 1997
Rice T, Daw E W, Gagnon J, Bouchard C, Leon A S, Skinner J S, Wilmore J H, Rao D C
Abstract excerpt
A sex-specific familial correlation model was used to assess the heritable contributions to several measures of body composition in 86 sedentary white families participating in the HERITAGE Family Study. For this study, sedentary families were recruited, tested for a battery of measures, enduranc...
Topics
- Adipose Tissue
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Body Composition
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Life Style
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Skinfold Thickness