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Principal component for metabolic syndrome risk maps to chromosome 4p in Mexican Americans: the San Antonio Family Heart Study.
Human biology - 1 Oct 2004
Cai Guowen, Cole Shelley A, Freeland-Graves Jeanne H, MacCluer Jean W, Blangero John, Comuzzie Anthony G
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Metabolic syndrome refers to the clustering of disease conditions such as insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and obesity. To explore the genetic predispositions of this complex syndrome, we conducted a principal components analysis using data on 14 phenotypes related to the risk of developing metabolic syndrome. The subjects were 566 nondiabetic Mexican Americans, distributed in 41...
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