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February 1, 2016Nature CommunicationsOpen Access

New loci for body fat percentage reveal link between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease risk

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Population

Up to 100,716 individuals included in a genome-wide association meta-analysis of body fat percentage.

Design

Meta-analysis

Authors

YLYingchang LuQingdao UniversityFDFelix R. DayCambridge SchoolSGStefan GustafssonGeneral / Preventive / Lipids

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Novel loci for body fat percentage do not alter practice; extends genetic links to cardiometabolic risk.

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Population
Up to 100,716 individuals included in a genome-wide association meta-analysis of body fat percentage.
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Outcome
Genetic loci associated with body fat percentage (BF%)surrogate

The identification of novel genetic loci for body fat percentage provides new insights into the genetic link between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease risk.

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Lu et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a913e0abd296d8bc511ff86https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10495
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