The ratio of fat tissue (fat droplets in yellow; artificially coloured) to muscle mass is reduced in people with newly identified variants of a gene that affects cellular metabolism. Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library A massive genomic study has linked mutations in a specific gene to an increased proportion of muscle, decreased levels of belly
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Kudzin, M. H., Piwowarska, D., Festinger, N. & Chruściel, J. J. Risks associated with the presence of polyvinyl chloride in the environment and methods for its disposal and utilization. Materials 17, 173 (2024). Article ADS CAS Google Scholar Statista. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) production volume worldwide in 2018 and 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/720296/global-polyvinyl-chloride-market-size-in-tons/ (2018). ten Hietbrink, S., Materić,
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Study population The genetic discovery analysis of TG:HDL ratio encompassed multiple cohorts with a cumulative sample size of 1,032,116 participants. Study participants were recruited from various population-based and hospital-based health systems across three continents (Fig. 1 and Supplementary Table 1). These cohorts included: the UK Biobank population-based study (UKB, n = 409,602)60; the Geisinger Health System MyCode
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