Identification of female-specific genetic variants for metabolic syndrome and its component traits to improve the prediction of metabolic syndrome in females.

Published in: BMC medical genetics (2019)

This study highlights new female-specific genetic variants associated with MetS and its component traits and suggests that the GRS of MetS variants is a likely useful predictor of MetS in females.

Keyphrases

metabolic syndrome
genome wide
insulin resistance
uric acid
cardiovascular risk factors
copy number
gene expression
type diabetes
adipose tissue
skeletal muscle