Relationships between body fat distribution and metabolic syndrome traits and outcomes: A mendelian randomization study

• Brian Huang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9266-1399

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• John DePaolo,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6829-2594

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• Renae L. Judy,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

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• Gabrielle Shakt,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

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• Walter R. Witschey,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1669-2120

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• Michael G. Levin ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ MGL and VMG are jointly supervised this work.

  Affiliations Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9937-9932

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• Victoria M. Gershuni

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: victoria.gershuni@uphs.upenn.edu

  ¶‡ MGL and VMG are jointly supervised this work.

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

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