Abstract
Familial aggregation of plasma cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and triglyceride was assessed on the basis of 139 white families consisting of the parents and one child, 16-18 years of age, drawn from families who had previously participated in the Collaborative Perinatal Health Study of Boston Hospital for Women in 1959-1968. The level of these lipids in the child was highly correlated with the average parental value for the respective lipids (cholesterol r = 0.43, HDL-C r = 0.36, triglyceride r = 0.42), with p<0.001 for each). These correlations could not be explained by ponderosity. Parental values were not mutually correlated.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 656-660 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | American journal of epidemiology |
Volume | 112 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 1980 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Cholesterol
- HDL
- Lipoproteins
- Triglycerides
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Epidemiology