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Publication
The link between liver fat and cardiometabolic diseases is highlighted by genome-wide association study of MRI-derived measures of body composition
van der Meer D et al.
Commun Biol. 2022 Nov 19;5(1):1271. doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-04237-4.
PMID: 36402844
Phenotypes
- Abdominal fat ratio
- Abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue volume
- Anterior thigh muscle volume
- Anterior thigh muscle fat infiltration percentage
- Liver proton density fat fraction
- Posterior thigh muscle volume
- Posterior thigh muscle fat infiltration percentage
- Total thigh muscle volume z-score
- Visceral adipose tissue volume
- Weight-to-muscle ratio
Experiment summary
This study analyzed genetic associations for body composition traits in up to 32,970 individuals of European ancestry.
Dataset ID
vanderMeer2022_LiverFat_EU