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A Family Study of Developmental Effects upon Blood Pressure Variation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

J. Sims ,
D. Carroll ,
J.K. Hewitt  and
J.R. Turner
J. Sims*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK Department of Human Genetics, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, USA
D. Carroll
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK Department of Human Genetics, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, USA
J.K. Hewitt
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK Department of Human Genetics, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, USA
J.R. Turner
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK Department of Human Genetics, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, USA
*
P.O. Box 363, Department of Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK

Abstract

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In an earlier study of blood pressure variation in middle aged parents and their young adult twin offspring, the greater blood pressure variation observed in the parent sample was accounted for in terms of an increasing influence of individual environmental experiences with increasing age and a commensurate reduction in the impact of heredity. In the present study, the sample size was enlarged to provide a more powerful test of these effects. Maximum likelihood model-fitting techniques were applied to blood pressure covariation in balanced pedigrees, consisting of 85 families (40 MZ and 45 DZ twin pairs). As before, our analysis indicated that a developmental effect was a salient factor in the older age group.

Keywords

Blood pressureTwin family designHeredityAgeDevelopmental effectsIndividual environment
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 36 , Issue 4 , October 1987 , pp. 467 - 473
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1987

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