| Heritability of blood pressure in 7- to 12-year-old Chinese twins, with special reference to body size effects. | |
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PMID: 2292369 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Systolic and diastolic blood pressures and body-size indices such as body height, body weight, sitting height, chest circumference, skinfold thickness, and body mass index (BMI) were assessed in 110 pairs of like-sex Chinese twins (75 monozygotic and 35 dizygotic) aged 7-12 years. Significant correlations of blood pressure with body-size indices were found. Prior to adjusting for body-size effects, three twin methods yielded low heritability estimates for both systolic (0.32-0.41) and diastolic (0.32-0.51) pressures. Adjusting systolic pressure for body height and BMI via multiple regression nearly halved heritability estimates, but adjusting diastolic pressure for body height and skinfold thickness only changed the estimates slightly. |
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Authors:
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Z Q Wang; Z Ouyang; D M Wang; X L Tang |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Genetic epidemiology Volume: 7 ISSN: 0741-0395 ISO Abbreviation: Genet. Epidemiol. Publication Date: 1990 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1991-04-10 Completed Date: 1991-04-10 Revised Date: 2008-11-21 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8411723 Medline TA: Genet Epidemiol Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 447-52 Citation Subset: IM |
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School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, China. |
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Blood Pressure
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genetics*,
physiology Body Constitution / physiology Child China Genetic Variation Humans Statistics as Topic Twins |
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