Heritability and genetic correlations of obesity indices and cardiometabolic traits in the Northern Chinese families.
Binbin LinLi PanHuijing HeYaoda HuJi TuLing ZhangZe CuiXiaolan RenXianghua WangJing NaiGuangliang ShanPublished in: Annals of human genetics (2024)
The genetic overlap between various obesity indices and cardiometabolic traits underscores the importance of pleiotropic genes. Further studies are warranted to investigate specific shared genetic and environmental factors between obesity and cardiometabolic diseases.