Genetic and Environmental Influences on the Correlations between Traits of Metabolic Syndrome and CKD

Background and objectives Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of risk factors associated with CKD. By studying the genetic and environmental influences on how traits of metabolic syndrome correlate with CKD, the understanding of the etiological relationships can be improved. Design, setting, participants, & measurements From the population-based TwinGene project within the Swedish Twin Registry, 4721 complete twin pairs (9442 European ancestry...