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Heritabilities of the metabolic syndrome phenotypes and related factors in Korean twins.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Dec 2009
Sung Joohon, Lee Kayoung, Song Yun-Mi
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CONTEXT: The genetic studies of metabolic syndrome (MetS), individual components, or latent factors of MetS phenotypes, in Asian populations are limited. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to estimate heritability of MetS and its components, and to identify latent factors clustering individual components among Korean twins and their families. DESIGN: Data were derived from the Healthy Twin Study, an ongoing cohort...
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