Communications Biology (Nov 2022)

The link between liver fat and cardiometabolic diseases is highlighted by genome-wide association study of MRI-derived measures of body composition

  • Dennis van der Meer,
  • Tiril P. Gurholt,
  • Ida E. Sønderby,
  • Alexey A. Shadrin,
  • Guy Hindley,
  • Zillur Rahman,
  • Ann-Marie G. de Lange,
  • Oleksandr Frei,
  • Olof D. Leinhard,
  • Jennifer Linge,
  • Rozalyn Simon,
  • Dani Beck,
  • Lars T. Westlye,
  • Sigrun Halvorsen,
  • Anders M. Dale,
  • Tom H. Karlsen,
  • Tobias Kaufmann,
  • Ole A. Andreassen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04237-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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A GWAS study of European individuals uncovers genetic associations between whole-body MRI derived measures and cardiometabolic diseases and highlights the key role of liver fat in cardiometabolic health.