A twin study of sleep duration and body mass index.

Published: Feb 15, 2010
Abstract
To determine the relative importance of genetic and environmental contributions to the association between sleep duration and body mass index (BMI).Twins from the University of Washington Twin Registry, a community-based sample of U.S. twins, provided self-reported height and weight for BMI calculation and habitual sleep duration. A generalized estimating equation model evaluated the overall and within twin pair effects of sleep duration on BMI...
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A twin study of sleep duration and body mass index.
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Feb 15, 2010
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