Age effect on the shared etiology of glycemic traits and serum lipids: evidence from a Chinese twin study.

Y WangX HongW CaoJ LvC YuT HuangD SunC LiaoY PangZ PangM YuH WangX WuY LiuXuanming HongL Li

Published in: Journal of endocrinological investigation (2023)

Across the whole adulthood, genetic influences were consistently important for GLU, TC, TG, LDL-C and HDL-C, and age may affect the shared genetic influences between glycemic traits and serum lipids. Further studies are needed to elucidate the role of age in the interactions of genes related to glycemic traits and serum lipids.

Keyphrases

genome wide
type diabetes
dna methylation
copy number
fatty acid
gene expression
adipose tissue
bioinformatics analysis