Abstract
Familial aggregation of plasma cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-wC), and triglyceride was assessed on the basis of 139 white families consisting of the parents and one child, 16–18 years of age, drawn from families who had previously participated in the Collaborative Perinatal Health Study at Boston Hospital for Women in 1959–1968. The level of these lipids in the child was highly correlated with the average parental value for the respective lipids (cholesterol r = 0.43, HDL-Cr = 0.36, triglyceride r = 0.42, with p < 0.001 for each). These correlations could not be explained by ponderosity. Parental values were not mutually correlated.
