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

BACKGROUND: Metabolic syndrome (MetS), defined as a cluster of metabolic risk factors including dyslipidemia, insulin-resistance, and elevated blood pressure, has been known as partly heritable. MetS effects the lives of many people worldwide, yet females have been reported to be more vulnerable to...

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Autores principales: Kong, Sokanha, Cho, Yoon Shin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6555714/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31170924
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12881-019-0830-y