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Plasma Lipid Variability in the Toronto Twin Register

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Jean Milner ,
Joe C. Christian  and
David Hewitt
Jean Milner*
Affiliation:
Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, University of Toronto
Joe C. Christian
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis
David Hewitt
Affiliation:
Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, University of Toronto
*
Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada M5S 1A8

Abstract

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Plasma lipids were studied on 92 pairs of twins (66 MZ and 26 like-sexed DZ). The DZ twins had significantly greater total variance than the MZ twins for total plasma cholesterol but not for triglycerides or the high, low, and very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol fractions.

Keywords

CholesterolTriglyceridesLipoproteinsGenetic analysisTwins
Type
Short Note
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , October 1980 , pp. 299 - 302
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1980

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