Identification of genetic loci associated with abdominal visceral adiposity in Korean populations

• Published in: Genes & genomics Vol. 39; no. 5; pp. 541 - 548
• Main Authors: Hong, Jin Tae, Cho, Yoon Shin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Seoul The Genetics Society of Korea 01.05.2017; Springer Nature B.V; 한국유전학회
• Subjects: abdomen; adiposity; alanine transaminase; Animal Genetics and Genomics; aspartate transaminase; Biomedical and Life Sciences; computed tomography; genetic factors; genome-wide association study; glucose; Human Genetics; insulin; Life Sciences; loci; low density lipoprotein cholesterol; Metabolism; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; nationalities and ethnic groups; Obesity; Plant Genetics and Genomics; renal function; Research Article; risk; vascular diseases; visceral fat; waist circumference; waist-to-hip ratio; 생물학; Abdominal obesity; Computed tomography; Genome-wide association study; Genetic risk score; Visceral adiposity
• ISSN: 1976-9571; 2092-9293
• DOI: 10.1007/s13258-017-0520-0

Abdominal obesity is characterized by accumulation of subcutaneous and visceral fat in the abdomen and has been reported to be largely responsible for many metabolic and vascular diseases. Although substantial effort has been dedicated to identification of genetic factors associated with abdominal o...