LISREL MODELING OF HIGH-DENSITY-LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL (HDL) LEVELS IN MALE TWINS

Authors
SCHWARTZ JE YUAN HX MENDELL NR FINCH SJ
Citation
Je. Schwartz et al., LISREL MODELING OF HIGH-DENSITY-LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL (HDL) LEVELS IN MALE TWINS, Genetic epidemiology, 10(6), 1993, pp. 545-549
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Genetic epidemiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07410395
Volume
10
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
545 - 549
Database
ISI
SICI code
0741-0395(1993)10:6<545:LMOHC(>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Based on the LISREL modeling approach for data from monozygotic (MZ) a nd dizygotic (DZ) twins [Heath et al., 1989; Neale and Cardon, 1992], the hypothesized variance of the logarithm of high density lipoprotein cholesterol due to additive genetic factors was estimated to equal 19 % for males. Unobserved common environment accounted for 32% of the va riance of log HDL. Both estimates controlled for body mass, alcohol co nsumption, and smoking. The model had very strong goodness-of-fit indi ces. (C) 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.