..., including carotid intima-media thickness, carotid artery compliance and brachial artery flow-mediated dilatation, in a population of 76 migrant-discordant male twin pairs (152 men). The number of men with seropositivity to Cpn infection (defined as IgA⩾1:64 and IgG⩾1:128) was greater in Finland than...

...-known limitations, and consequently a good genetic endowment is essential to participate in elite sporting activities. 2. In 32 subjects (16 healthy pairs of male twin sportsmen, 8 monozygotic and 8 dizygotic) zygosity was determined by means of the genetic analysis of human leucocyte antigen (HLA...

...Simon W. Dubrey; David A. Reaveley; David G. Leslie; Martina O'Donnell; Bernadette M. O'Connor; Mary Seed 1. Forty-five identical twin pairs, discordant for insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, were studied with respect to their serum lipid (high-density lipoprotein, low-density lipoprotein, total...

...M. Weight; C. Cortese; U. Sule N. E. Miller; B. Lewis 1. The concordance of low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor activity of blood mononuclear cells was examined in 26 pairs of monozygotic and 17 pairs of dizygotic normolipidaemic young adult male twins. 2. Receptor activity was quantified...

...J. Wahren; P. Felig; E. Cerasi; R. Luft; Rosa Hendler 1. Splanchnic exchange of glucose, lactate, pyruvate, glycerol and individual plasma amino acids was determined in five clinically unaffected monozygotic twins of insulin-dependent diabetics and in a group of five age- and sex-matched controls...