The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 116, Issue 6 , Pages 1235-1241 , December 2005

Genetic pleiotropy between asthma and obesity in a community-based sample of twins

  • Teal S. Hallstrand, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • From the Departments of Medicine
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Teal S. Hallstrand, MD, MPH, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Washington, Box 356522, 1959 NE Pacific St, Seattle, WA 98195.
    • ,
  • Mary E. Fischer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Vietnam Era Twin Registry
    • ,
  • Mark M. Wurfel, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • From the Departments of Medicine
    • ,
  • Niloofar Afari, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington
    • University of Washington Twin Registry
    • ,
  • Dedra Buchwald, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Departments of Medicine
    • University of Washington Twin Registry
    • ,
  • Jack Goldberg, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology
    • University of Washington Twin Registry
    • Vietnam Era Twin Registry

Received 2 May 2005 ,Revised 6 September 2005 ,Accepted 7 September 2005.

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 Supported by National Institutes of Health grants K23HL04231 (TSH), K23HL72923 (MMW), and U19AI38429 (DB).Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: T. Hallstrand has received grants from Merck and Co. Medical School grant awarded to the University of Washington in 2000 and is on the speakers' bureau for Merck and Co. All others—none disclosed.

PII: S0091-6749(05)02064-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2005.09.016

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 116, Issue 6 , Pages 1235-1241 , December 2005

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