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Genetic Association of Waist-to-Hip Ratio With Cardiometabolic Traits, Type 2 Diabetes, and Coronary Heart Disease.
JAMA - 14 Feb 2017
Emdin Connor A, Khera Amit V, Natarajan Pradeep, Klarin Derek, Zekavat Seyedeh M, Hsiao Allan J, Kathiresan Sekar
Abstract excerpt
Importance: In observational studies, abdominal adiposity has been associated with type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease (CHD). Whether these associations represent causal relationships remains uncertain. Objective: To test the association of a polygenic risk score for waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) adjusted for body mass index (BMI), a measure of abdominal adiposity, with type 2 diabetes and CHD through the...
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