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Twin study of genetic and environmental effects on lipid levels: Genetic and Environmental Effects on Lipid Levels by Dr. DL O'Connell; RF Heller; DCK Roberts; JR Allen; JC Knapp; PL Steele; D. Silove; G. P. Vogler; D. C. Rao is a Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology article available to read on EtoBox.
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A study of 106 pairs of monozygotic (MZ) and 94 pairs of dizygotic (DZ) twins tested the hypothesis that part of the previously described genetic influence on blood lipid levels can be ascribed to closer similarities among MZ than among DZ twin pairs in environmental factors that affect lipid levels. Participants were adult twin volunteers (age 17-66; 64 male and 136 female pairs) who were selected from the NH & MRC Twin Registry or were respondents to advertisements. They completed a 4-day weighed food diary from which mean nutrient intake was derived. Information on lifestyle and demographic variables was obtained by questionnaire and a nonfasting blood sample was taken for measures of total, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and the HDL2 and HDL3 subfractions. Height and weight were measured, and body mass index (BMI) was calculated (kg/m2). Estimates of the heritability of sex-adjusted lipid levels were 0.72 for total cholesterol, 0.79 for HDL cholesterol, 0.69 for HDL2, 0.20 for HDL3, 1.06 for LDL cholesterol, and 0.44 for sex-adjusted BMI. In all cases except for HDL3, genetic variance was statistically significant. Afte
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- Author
- Dr. DL O'Connell; RF Heller; DCK Roberts; JR Allen; JC Knapp; PL Steele; D. Silove; G. P. Vogler; D. C. Rao
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0741-0395)
- Published
- 1987
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)