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Percentage body fat (PFAT) is a highly familial trait with a heritability estimate of 0.76.
Practitioners should consider PFAT as a significant genetic factor in assessing diabetes risk.
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Percentage body fat (PFAT) was highly familial (h2 =.76).
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The study uses a maximum-likelihood method to estimate heritability.
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Familiality of physical and metabolic characteristics that predict the development of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in Pima Indians.
H. Sakul et al. · PubMed · 1997
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