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Anthropometry, carbohydrate and lipid metabolism in the East Flanders Prospective Twin Survey: heritabilities

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Genetic factors explain the greater part of the variation in traits related to obesity, glucose intolerance/insulin resistance and dyslipidaemia.
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Aims/hypothesis We determined the genetic contribution of 18 anthropometric and metabolic risk factors of type 2 diabetes using a young healthy twin population.

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Methodology for Genetic Studies of Twins and Families

TL;DR: The saimie paper suggests how susceptible individuals could reduce their total intake of aluminium and suggests that although definite proof is still lacking, there is more than enough evidence to fuel further epidemiological investigation.
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Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

Iris M. Heid, +355 more
- 01 Nov 2010 - 
TL;DR: A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for WHR adjusted for body mass index provides evidence for multiple loci that modulate body fat distribution independent of overall adiposity and reveal strong gene-by-sex interactions.

Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

Iris M. Heid, +299 more
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Variability in the Heritability of Body Mass Index: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression

TL;DR: The genetic contribution to BMI appears to vary with age and may have a greater influence during childhood than adult life, and study design factors explained nearly half the heterogeneity reported in twin studies.
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Genetic dissection of complex traits: guidelines for interpreting and reporting linkage results

TL;DR: Specific standards designed to maintain rigor while also promoting communication are proposed for the interpretation of linkage results in genetic studies under way for many complex traits.
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Merlin--rapid analysis of dense genetic maps using sparse gene flow trees.

TL;DR: The multipoint engine for rapid likelihood inference (Merlin) is a computer program that uses sparse inheritance trees for pedigree analysis; it performs rapid haplotyping, genotype error detection and affected pair linkage analyses and can handle more markers than other pedigree analysis packages.
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Methodology for Genetic Studies of Twins and Families

TL;DR: The LISREL Script for Rater Bias Model and Data for Simplex Model as mentioned in this paper is one of the most well-known models in the literature for gene expression analysis.
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Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus, hypertension and hyperlipidaemia (syndrome X): relation to reduced fetal growth

TL;DR: It is concluded that Type 2 diabetes and hypertension have a common origin in sub-optimal development in utero, and that syndrome X should perhaps be re-named “the small-baby syndrome”.
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