Heritability and Genome-Wide Association Study of Plasma Cholesterol in Chinese Adult Twins

Heritability and Genome-Wide Association Study of Plasma Cholesterol in Chinese Adult Twins

Dyslipidemia represents a strong and independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Plasma cholesterol, such as total cholesterol (TC), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), is the common indicator of diagnosing dyslipidemia. Here based o...

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Main Authors: Hui Liu, Weijing Wang, Caixia Zhang, Chunsheng Xu, Haiping Duan, Xiaocao Tian, Dongfeng Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
cholesterol
dyslipidemias
genetics
GWAS
heritability
HDL
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2018.00677/full

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