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Multivariate Genome-Wide Association Analysis Identifies Genetic Susceptibility Loci for Metabolic Syndrome in the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study

Figure 1. Manhattan plot of the logistic regression analysis for metabolic syndrome (MetS) in the discovery cohort.
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Figure 1. Manhattan plot of the logistic regression analysis for metabolic syndrome (MetS) in the discovery cohort.Manhattan plot of the logistic regression analysis for metabolic syndrome (MetS) in the discovery cohort.Kim et al. · CC BY

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Abstract

Metabolic syndrome (MetS), characterized by a cluster of interrelated metabolic abnormalities including central obesity, elevated blood pressure, dysglycemia, hypertriglyceridemia, and reduced high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), substantially increases type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk.

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Hanyang University

International Journal of Molecular Sciences · 9 Sep 2026 · CC BY

doi.org/10.3390/ijms27188041PubMed 42794471

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