Do genetic factors contribute to the relation between education and metabolic risk factors in young adults? A twin study | Zendy

Angelique P.A. Vermeiren | Zendy; Hans Bosma | Zendy; Marij Gielen | Zendy; Patrick Lindsey | Zendy; Cathérine Derom | Zendy; Robert Vlietinck | Zendy; Ruth J. F. Loos | Zendy; Maurice P. Zeegers | Zendy

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Do genetic factors contribute to the relation between education and metabolic risk factors in young adults? A twin study

Author(s) -

Angelique P.A. Vermeiren,

Hans Bosma,

Marij Gielen,

Patrick Lindsey,

Cathérine Derom,

Robert Vlietinck,

Ruth J. F. Loos,

Maurice P. Zeegers

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

european journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056

H-Index - 91

eISSN - 1464-360X

pISSN - 1101-1262

DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/cks167

Subject(s) - heritability , demography , bivariate analysis , twin study , psychosocial , waist , generalized estimating equation , medicine , biology , genetics , obesity , statistics , mathematics , psychiatry , sociology

Lower educated people have a higher prevalence of metabolic risk factors (MRF), that is, high waist circumference (WC), high systolic blood pressure, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level, high triglycerides and high fasting glucose levels. Behavioural and psychosocial factors cannot fully explain this educational gradient. We aim to examine the possible role of genetic factors by estimating the extent to which education and MRF share a genetic basis and the extent to which the heritability of MRF varies across educational levels.

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