Inherited basis of visceral, abdominal subcutaneous and gluteofemoral fat depots

oleh: Saaket Agrawal, Minxian Wang, Marcus D. R. Klarqvist, Kirk Smith, Joseph Shin, Hesam Dashti, Nathaniel Diamant, Seung Hoan Choi, Sean J. Jurgens, Patrick T. Ellinor, Anthony Philippakis, Melina Claussnitzer, Kenney Ng, Miriam S. Udler, Puneet Batra, Amit V. Khera

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01

Deskripsi

The inherited basis of body fat distribution is not fully understood. Here, the authors use genetic data and MRI-derived measures of local adiposity to highlight fat depot-specific genetic architecture with implications for cardiometabolic health.