title: Maternal influence on plasma cholesterol variation.
abstract: Evidence for maternal effects on plasma cholesterol was found by comparing the variance between maternal and paternal half siblings obtained from 83 families of monozygotic twin pairs (424 children). Maternal effects accounted for about one-fifth of the total variance.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D011247:Pregnancy; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012737:Sex Factors; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol