Heritability of the Severity of the Metabolic Syndrome in Whites and Blacks in 3 Large Cohorts [Original Articles]

Conclusions—
MetS severity seems highly heritable among whites and blacks. This continuous MetS severity Z score may provide a more useful means of characterizing phenotypic MetS in genetic studies by minimizing racial differences.

Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics - April 13, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Musani, S. K., Martin, L. J., Woo, J. G., Olivier, M., Gurka, M. J., DeBoer, M. D. Tags: Cardiovascular Disease, Epidemiology, Risk Factors Original Articles Source Type: research