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Researchers from Inje University describe findings in life sciences

Published in Blood Weekly, January 28th, 2010

According to a study from South Korea, "The genetic studies of metabolic syndrome (MetS), individual components, or latent factors of MetS phenotypes, in Asian populations are limited. This study aimed to estimate heritability of MetS and its components, and to identify latent factors clustering individual components among Korean twins and their families."

"Data were derived from the Healthy Twin Study, an ongoing cohort study, from April 2005 to December 2008. A total of 1942 Korean adult same-sex twins and their families (728 men, 1214 women; 795 monozygotic and 229 dizygotic twin individuals with 918 non twin family members). MetS phenotypes measured were waist...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2010-01-28)

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