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Association Analysis Of Mitochondrial Heteroplasmic Variants And Cardiometabolic Traits

2026-01-25 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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Mitochondrial heteroplasmic variant has been increasingly recognized as a potential contributor to common complex diseases, yet its relationship with cardiometabolic disorders (CMDs) remains poorly understood. Leveraging deep whole-genome sequencing data from 16,882 participants across six multi-ancestry TOPMed cohorts, we systematically evaluated the associations between rare heteroplasmic variants and eight CMD traits, including body mass index (BMI), obesity, blood pressure, hypertension, blo...

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