The role of liver fat in cardiometabolic diseases is highlighted by genome-wide association study of MRI-derived measures of body composition
Dennis van der Meer, Tiril Pedersen Gurholt, Ida Elken Sønderby, Alexey A. Shadrin, Guy Hindley, Zillur Rahman, Ann‐Marie G. de Lange, Oleksandr Frei, Olof Dahlqvist Leinhard, Jennifer Linge, Rozalyn A. Simon, Lars Tjelta Westlye, Sigrun Halvorsen, Anders Martin Dale, Tom H. Karlsen, , Ole A. Andreassen
This study conducts a GWAS on MRI-derived body composition measures, identifying genetic loci and genes associated with body composition and cardiometabolic diseases, with liver fat showing strong genetic associations.
bioRxiv · Feb 24, 2022 · PreprintGenomics