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…·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.