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Heritability and genetic correlations of obesity indices and cardiometabolic traits in the Northern Chinese families.
Annals of human genetics - 1 Jan 2025
Lin Binbin, Pan Li, He Huijing, Hu Yaoda, Tu Ji, Zhang Ling, Cui Ze, Ren Xiaolan, Wang Xianghua, Nai Jing, Shan Guangliang
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OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the heritability of various obesity indices and their shared genetic factors with cardiometabolic traits in the Chinese nuclear family. METHODS: A total of 1270 individuals from 538 nuclear families were included in this cross-sectional study. Different indices were used to quantify fat mass and distribution, including body index mass (BMI), visceral fat index (VFI), and...
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