A family study of anthropometric traits in a Punjabi community
I. Introduction and familial correlations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8313932 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kaushal Sharma (0000-0001-9268-673X, University of the Punjab), Pamela J Byard (Washington University in St. Louis), J M Russell (0000-0001-5622-9451, Washington University in St. Louis), D C Rao (0009-0006-1075-3470, Washington University in St. Louis) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 389-395 |
| Publication date | 1984-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.1330630406 |
| PMID | 6539571 |
| OpenAlex | W2043462004 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
| References cited | 8 |
Data on 40 anthropometric measurements from 144 nuclear families in Chandigarh, India, are presented. Most families contain a pair of monozygotic or dizygotic twins, one or more singleton siblings, and their parents. Familial correlations for age‐sex standardized, normalized measurements are estimated by maximum likelihood for marital, parent‐child, sibling, and twin pairs. Heterogeneity tests for sex‐specific subtype correlations (male‐male, male‐female, female‐female) indicate that the sex of the relative plays no significant role in the magnitude of the familial correlations except for maternal effects and differences among male and female twin pairs for a few of the variables. Marital correlations are high for body measurements, but not for head or face variables. Twin correlations seem to indicate a higher level of heritability than correlations from other family members
Anthropometry · Biology · Correlation · Developmental psychology · Dizygotic twins · Heritability · Nuclear family · Obstetrics · Pregnancy · Sibling · Singleton · Twin study · Body Composition Measurement Techniques · Demography · Genetics · Medicine · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 27 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,64 |
| Citation span | 1984 - 2025 (42) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 23 |