Robert Vlietinck
Biographic Data
| ID | 5478204 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Vlietinck |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Vlietinck |
| SIGNATURE | VLIETINCK R |
| AFFILIATIONS | KU Leuven |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7043-5785 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Association between birth weight and educational attainment
BACKGROUND: There is evidence that birth weight is positively associated with education, but it remains unclear whether this association is explained by familial environmental factors, genetic factors or the intrauterine environment. We analysed the association between birth weight and educational years within twin pairs, which controls for genetic factors and the environment shared between co-twins. METHODS: The data were derived from nine twin …
Susceptibility to Depression Expressed as Alterations in Cortisol Day Curve
Objective: To examine, using a cross-twin cross-trait design, the hypotheses 1) that the genetic and environmental susceptibility to depression is expressed, in part, as alterations in cortisol day curves and 2) that cortisol abnormalities are not merely the consequence of depressive states or the stressors associated with its onset. Alteration of diurnal secretion of cortisol is a possible endophenotype of depression, as depressed patients show …
Genes Making One Feel Blue in the Flow of Daily Life
OBJECTIVE: Individual differences in stress reactivity constitute a crucially important mechanism of risk for depression. Because stress can be conceptualized as the continuous occurrence of minor daily hassles, this study focused on emotional reactivity to stress in the flow of daily life and examined to what degree individual differences in emotional reactivity could be explained by genetic and/or environmental factors. METHODS: Two hundred sev…
A Social Component in the Negative Effect of Sons on Maternal Longevity in Pre-Industrial Humans
Due to their effect on maternal testosterone levels, sons are said to have reduced maternal longevity in pre-industrial humans. This analysis, using information from a Flemish agricultural village in the 18th–20th centuries, confirms the presence of a negative effect of sons on maternal longevity. However, the effect is mainly observed for mothers belonging to the least privileged social group and for sons surviving their fifth birthday. Both fin…
Heritability of somatotype components from early adolescence into young adulthood
The finding of substantial genetic influence on the variability of somatotype components is further supported. The need to consider somatotype as a whole is stressed as well as the need for sex- and perhaps age-specific analyses. Further multivariate analyses are needed to confirm the present findings
The Inheritance of Longevity in a Flemish Village (18th–20th Century)
Accuracy of anthropometric estimation of muscle cross‐sectional area of the arm in males
Mid-arm cross-sectional muscle area was studied in several domains to evaluate nutritional status and muscle area and hypertrophy in revalidation and strength-related studies. In this study, anthropometrically determined muscle + bone area formulas were validated against Houndsfield unit-based CT-scan measures at mid-humerus (stretched and relaxed), and mid-humerus -3 and -6 cm positions in 75 healthy male twins. Muscle + bone area estimates calc…
Accuracy of anthropometric estimation of muscle cross-sectional area of the arm in males
Mid-arm cross-sectional muscle area was studied in several domains to evaluate nutritional status and muscle area and hypertrophy in revalidation and strength-related studies. In this study, anthropometrically determined muscle + bone area formulas were validated against Houndsfield unit-based CT-scan measures at mid-humerus (stretched and relaxed), and mid-humerus -3 and -6 cm positions in 75 healthy male twins. Muscle + bone area estimates calc…
Local versus universal growth standards
Lack of local references has brought many fieldworkers to use the NCHS reference or other Western standards to assess the nutritional status of children in different developing countries. Cross-sectional data from 6631 children between 0 and 6 years of age, without signs of protein-energy malnutrition, were collected by the same observer in four different geographical areas in Africa and Asia. For each of the four geographical areas, local growth…
Association between birth weight and educational attainment
BACKGROUND: There is evidence that birth weight is positively associated with education, but it remains unclear whether this association is explained by familial environmental factors, genetic factors or the intrauterine environment. We analysed the association between birth weight and educational years within twin pairs, which controls for genetic factors and the environment shared between co-twins. METHODS: The data were derived from nine twin …
The Inheritance of Longevity in a Flemish Village (18th–20th Century)
Local versus universal growth standards
Lack of local references has brought many fieldworkers to use the NCHS reference or other Western standards to assess the nutritional status of children in different developing countries. Cross-sectional data from 6631 children between 0 and 6 years of age, without signs of protein-energy malnutrition, were collected by the same observer in four different geographical areas in Africa and Asia. For each of the four geographical areas, local growth…
Accuracy of anthropometric estimation of muscle cross‐sectional area of the arm in males
Mid-arm cross-sectional muscle area was studied in several domains to evaluate nutritional status and muscle area and hypertrophy in revalidation and strength-related studies. In this study, anthropometrically determined muscle + bone area formulas were validated against Houndsfield unit-based CT-scan measures at mid-humerus (stretched and relaxed), and mid-humerus -3 and -6 cm positions in 75 healthy male twins. Muscle + bone area estimates calc…
Accuracy of anthropometric estimation of muscle cross-sectional area of the arm in males
Mid-arm cross-sectional muscle area was studied in several domains to evaluate nutritional status and muscle area and hypertrophy in revalidation and strength-related studies. In this study, anthropometrically determined muscle + bone area formulas were validated against Houndsfield unit-based CT-scan measures at mid-humerus (stretched and relaxed), and mid-humerus -3 and -6 cm positions in 75 healthy male twins. Muscle + bone area estimates calc…
The Inheritance of Longevity in a Flemish Village (18th–20th Century)
Heritability of somatotype components from early adolescence into young adulthood
The finding of substantial genetic influence on the variability of somatotype components is further supported. The need to consider somatotype as a whole is stressed as well as the need for sex- and perhaps age-specific analyses. Further multivariate analyses are needed to confirm the present findings
A Social Component in the Negative Effect of Sons on Maternal Longevity in Pre-Industrial Humans
Due to their effect on maternal testosterone levels, sons are said to have reduced maternal longevity in pre-industrial humans. This analysis, using information from a Flemish agricultural village in the 18th–20th centuries, confirms the presence of a negative effect of sons on maternal longevity. However, the effect is mainly observed for mothers belonging to the least privileged social group and for sons surviving their fifth birthday. Both fin…
Genes Making One Feel Blue in the Flow of Daily Life
OBJECTIVE: Individual differences in stress reactivity constitute a crucially important mechanism of risk for depression. Because stress can be conceptualized as the continuous occurrence of minor daily hassles, this study focused on emotional reactivity to stress in the flow of daily life and examined to what degree individual differences in emotional reactivity could be explained by genetic and/or environmental factors. METHODS: Two hundred sev…
Susceptibility to Depression Expressed as Alterations in Cortisol Day Curve
Objective: To examine, using a cross-twin cross-trait design, the hypotheses 1) that the genetic and environmental susceptibility to depression is expressed, in part, as alterations in cortisol day curves and 2) that cortisol abnormalities are not merely the consequence of depressive states or the stressors associated with its onset. Alteration of diurnal secretion of cortisol is a possible endophenotype of depression, as depressed patients show …
Association between birth weight and educational attainment
BACKGROUND: There is evidence that birth weight is positively associated with education, but it remains unclear whether this association is explained by familial environmental factors, genetic factors or the intrauterine environment. We analysed the association between birth weight and educational years within twin pairs, which controls for genetic factors and the environment shared between co-twins. METHODS: The data were derived from nine twin …
Medicine (8 works) · Demography (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Biology (4 works) · Genetics (4 works) · Heritability (4 works) · Mathematics (4 works) · Twin study (4 works) · Genetics (3 works) · Geography (3 works)